SINOP
Mato Grosso · AMAZONAS
Useful capacity
2,025.97 hm³
Coordinates
11.263°S, 55.452°W
Operator
ONS
58.7% of useful capacity
Current fill
58.7%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
-1.7 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
+26.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
127%of normal
58.7% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 46.4% for October across 2 years of readings (+12.3 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around SINOP had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −0.49). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 3,071 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 2,026 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | TELES PIRES |
| Province | Mato Grosso |
| River basin | AMAZONAS |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 11.263°S, 55.452°W · Open in Google Maps
About SINOP
As of October 26, 2026, SINOP is at 58.7% of useful capacity, holding 1,189 hm³ of 2,026 hm³. Of the 3,071 hm³ total capacity, that is 38.7%. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.7 percentage points, and it is 26.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for SINOP — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 10.6% (January 2, 2026) to a high of 86.3% (May 22, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the AMAZONAS basin at 11.263°S, 55.452°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 58.7% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 1,189 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3,071 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 2,026 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.7 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 26.0 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- TELES PIRES
- River basin
- AMAZONAS
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 11.263°S, 55.452°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 58.7% | 1,189 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 59.2% | 1,200 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 59.3% | 1,202 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 59.4% | 1,204 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 59.7% | 1,210 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 60.0% | 1,216 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 60.3% | 1,221 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 60.5% | 1,225 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 60.5% | 1,225 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 60.0% | 1,216 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 60.0% | 1,216 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 60.4% | 1,223 |