Reservoir · Huila · Colombia · XM
El Quimbo
81.3% full
Capacity
1,060.45 GWh
Energy stored
862 GWh
River
Magdalena
Coordinates
2.449°N, 75.565°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
81.3%vs 7 days ago
-1.0 pplosing
vs 1 year ago
-10.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
114%of normal
81.3% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 71.6% for October across 6 years of readings (+9.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around El Quimbo 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 +0.53). 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. 2.449°N, 75.565°W · Open in Google Maps
About El Quimbo
As of October 26, 2026, El Quimbo is filled to 81.3% of its total capacity, holding 861.69 GWh of water out of a maximum 1,060 GWh. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.0 percentage points, and it is 10.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El Quimbo — 2125 data points between January 1, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 17.5% (April 19, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (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
- 81.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 861.69 GWh
- Total capacity
- 1,060 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.0 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 10.3 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- Magdalena
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 2.449°N, 75.565°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 81.3% | 861.69 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 81.1% | 860.34 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 81.0% | 859.33 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 80.8% | 857.32 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 81.0% | 859.33 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 81.5% | 864.73 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 82.0% | 869.46 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 82.3% | 873.19 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 82.7% | 876.61 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 82.9% | 878.63 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 83.4% | 884.78 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 83.9% | 889.72 |