Reservoir · Cundinamarca · Colombia · XM
Chuza (Chingaza)
86.5% full
Capacity
971.24 GWh
Energy stored
840 GWh
River
Chuza
Coordinates
4.599°N, 73.705°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
86.5%vs 7 days ago
-2.2 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-3.9 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
124%of normal
86.5% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 69.6% for October across 6 years of readings (+16.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely wet
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Chuza (Chingaza) had exceptionally wet conditions, a surplus 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 +2.63). 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: 2026-10-26.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 4.599°N, 73.705°W · Open in Google Maps
About Chuza (Chingaza)
As of October 26, 2026, Chuza (Chingaza) is filled to 86.5% of its total capacity, holding 839.75 GWh of water out of a maximum 971.24 GWh. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.2 percentage points, and it is 3.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Chuza (Chingaza) — 2125 data points between January 1, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 13.4% (April 18, 2024) to a high of 101.5% (August 20, 2021). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Chuza basin at 4.599°N, 73.705°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 86.5% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 839.75 GWh
- Total capacity
- 971.24 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 3.9 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- Chuza
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 4.599°N, 73.705°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 86.5% | 839.75 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 86.8% | 842.95 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 87.1% | 846.43 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 87.5% | 849.94 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 87.8% | 852.93 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 88.1% | 855.91 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 88.4% | 858.94 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 88.7% | 861.7 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 89.0% | 864.68 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 89.3% | 866.95 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 89.5% | 869.23 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 89.8% | 871.76 |