Reservoir · Antioquia · Colombia · XM
Playas
37.0% full
Capacity
95.11 GWh
Energy stored
35 GWh
River
Guatapé
Coordinates
6.295°N, 75.028°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
37.0%vs 7 days ago
+2.7 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
62%of normal
37.0% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 59.9% for October across 3 years of readings (-22.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Playas had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.37). 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. 6.295°N, 75.028°W · Open in Google Maps
About Playas
As of October 26, 2026, Playas is filled to 37.0% of its total capacity, holding 35.18 GWh of water out of a maximum 95.11 GWh. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 2.7 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Playas — 1408 data points between January 1, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 20.9% (June 7, 2023) to a high of 105.0% (May 22, 2021). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Guatapé basin at 6.295°N, 75.028°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 37.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 35.18 GWh
- Total capacity
- 95.11 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▲ 2.7 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- Guatapé
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 6.295°N, 75.028°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 37.0% | 35.18 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 39.1% | 37.22 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 58.4% | 55.54 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 65.8% | 62.59 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 71.3% | 67.78 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 52.2% | 49.66 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 42.4% | 40.33 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 34.3% | 32.6 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 44.8% | 42.59 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 56.2% | 53.48 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 74.8% | 71.11 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 51.7% | 49.2 |