Reservoir · Valle del Cauca · Colombia · XM
Calima
62.2% full
Capacity
233.29 GWh
Energy stored
145 GWh
River
Calima
Coordinates
3.893°N, 76.496°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
62.2%vs 7 days ago
+0.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-29.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
89%of normal
62.2% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 70.2% for October across 6 years of readings (-8.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Calima 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 +0.68). Rain, not storage. Colombia drought figures →
Data source: XM — Operador del Mercado de Energía — daily useful-energy storage (VoluUtilDiarEner) and useful capacity (CapaUtilDiarEner). Colombia is a hydropower system, so storage is reported as energy (GWh), not water volume; fill % is useful energy ÷ useful capacity. Last reading: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 3.893°N, 76.496°W · Open in Google Maps
About Calima
As of October 27, 2026, Calima is filled to 62.2% of its total capacity, holding 145.12 GWh of water out of a maximum 233.29 GWh. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.2 pp), and it is 29.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Calima — 2126 data points between January 1, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 27.7% (May 6, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (January 12, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around March.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Calima basin at 3.893°N, 76.496°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 62.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 145.12 GWh
- Total capacity
- 233.29 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▲ 0.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 29.2 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- Calima
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 3.893°N, 76.496°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 62.2% | 145.12 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 62.2% | 145.02 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 62.0% | 144.73 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 62.0% | 144.54 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 144.34 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 62.0% | 144.54 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 62.0% | 144.73 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 62.0% | 144.73 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 62.1% | 144.92 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 62.1% | 144.92 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 62.0% | 144.63 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 62.0% | 144.73 |