XINGO
Sergipe · SAO FRANCISCO
Useful capacity
41 hm³
Coordinates
9.618°S, 37.797°W
Operator
ONS
70.7% of useful capacity
Current fill
70.7%of useful capacity
vs 7 days ago
+14.6 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+22.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
122%of normal
70.7% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 57.8% for October across 2 years of readings (+12.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around XINGO had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −3.43). Rain, not storage. Brazil drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 3,800 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 41 hm³ |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | ONS |
| River | SÃO FRANCISCO |
| Province | Sergipe |
| River basin | SAO FRANCISCO |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 9.618°S, 37.797°W · Open in Google Maps
About XINGO
As of October 26, 2026, XINGO is at 70.7% of useful capacity, holding 29 hm³ of 41 hm³. Of the 3,800 hm³ total capacity, that is 0.8%. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 14.6 percentage points, and it is 22.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for XINGO — 65 data points between October 26, 2025 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 14.6% (January 9, 2026) to a high of 80.5% (October 14, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by ONS primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the SAO FRANCISCO basin at 9.618°S, 37.797°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 70.7% of useful capacity
- Water stored
- 29 hm³
- Total capacity
- 3,800 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 41 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 14.6 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 22.0 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- SÃO FRANCISCO
- River basin
- SAO FRANCISCO
- Operator
- ONS
- Coordinates
- 9.618°S, 37.797°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 70.7% | 29 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 80.5% | 33 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 80.5% | 33 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 25 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 56.1% | 23 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 75.6% | 31 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 70.7% | 29 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 56.1% | 23 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 73.2% | 30 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 65.8% | 27 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 26.8% | 11 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 63.4% | 26 |