Reservoir · Antioquia · Colombia · XM
Hidroituango
79.2% full
Capacity
250.3 GWh
Energy stored
198 GWh
River
Cauca
Coordinates
6.910°N, 75.830°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
79.2%vs 7 days ago
+11.3 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-11.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
145%of normal
79.2% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 54.7% for October across 5 years of readings (+24.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Hidroituango had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.70). 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. 6.910°N, 75.830°W · Open in Google Maps
About Hidroituango
As of October 26, 2026, Hidroituango is filled to 79.2% of its total capacity, holding 198.18 GWh of water out of a maximum 250.3 GWh. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 11.3 percentage points, and it is 11.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Hidroituango — 1458 data points between October 1, 2022 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 4.4% (February 12, 2024) to a high of 104.7% (January 9, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around July.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Cauca basin at 6.910°N, 75.830°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 79.2% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 198.18 GWh
- Total capacity
- 250.3 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▲ 11.3 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 11.0 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- Cauca
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 6.910°N, 75.830°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 79.2% | 198.18 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 76.0% | 190.18 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 73.3% | 183.35 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 71.7% | 179.43 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 71.8% | 179.82 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 69.4% | 173.69 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 68.3% | 170.94 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 67.9% | 169.94 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 65.4% | 163.65 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 63.1% | 157.85 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 60.2% | 150.58 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 58.0% | 145.25 |