Reservoir · Huila · Colombia · XM
El Quimbo
78.8% full
Capacity
1,060.45 GWh
Energy stored
836 GWh
River
Magdalena
Coordinates
2.449°N, 75.565°W
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
78.8%vs 7 days ago
-2.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
-20.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
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: 2026-09-09.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 2.449, -75.565 · Open in Google Maps
About El Quimbo
As of September 9, 2026, El Quimbo is filled to 78.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 836 GWh of water out of a maximum 1,060 GWh. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.4 percentage points, and it is 20.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El Quimbo — 2078 data points between January 1, 2021 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 17.7% (April 19, 2024) to a high of 101.9% (July 3, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Magdalena basin at 2.449°N, 75.565°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 78.8%
- Water stored
- 836 GWh
- Total capacity
- 1,060 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 20.0 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Magdalena
- River basin
- Magdalena
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 2.449°N, 75.565°W
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 78.8% | 836 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 79.3% | 841 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 79.5% | 843 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 79.6% | 844 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 79.7% | 846 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 81.1% | 860 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 81.4% | 863 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 81.2% | 861 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 81.2% | 861 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 81.4% | 863 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 81.1% | 860 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 80.4% | 852 |