Reservoir · Antioquia · Colombia · XM
Playas
105.0% full
Capacity
95.11 GWh
Energy stored
106 GWh
River
Guatapé
Coordinates
6.295°N, 75.028°W
Last updated
2026-09-09
Current fill
105.0%vs 7 days ago
+3.7%gaining
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
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
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About Playas
As of September 9, 2026, Playas is filled to 105.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 106 GWh of water out of a maximum 95 GWh. At this level the reservoir is effectively full.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 3.7 percentage points, and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Playas — 2078 data points between January 1, 2021 and September 9, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 20.8% (June 7, 2023) to a high of 105.0% (February 18, 2021). On average the reservoir is fullest around October and at its lowest around May.
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
- 105.0%
- Water stored
- 106 GWh
- Total capacity
- 95 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▲ 3.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Guatapé
- River basin
- Guatapé
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 6.295°N, 75.028°W
- Last updated
- September 9, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 9 Sep 2026 | 105.0% | 106 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 105.0% | 102 |
| 7 Sep 2026 | 104.1% | 99 |
| 6 Sep 2026 | 101.0% | 96 |
| 5 Sep 2026 | 104.0% | 99 |
| 4 Sep 2026 | 104.5% | 99 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 101.2% | 96 |
| 2 Sep 2026 | 101.3% | 96 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 88.0% | 84 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | 86.4% | 82 |
| 30 Aug 2026 | 91.1% | 87 |
| 29 Aug 2026 | 93.3% | 89 |