Reservoir · Antioquia · Colombia · XM
Playas
27.7% full
Capacity
95.11 GWh
Energy stored
26 GWh
River
Guatapé
Coordinates
6.295°N, 75.028°W
Last updated
2026-10-12
Current fill
27.7%vs 7 days ago
-15.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
-77.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
28%of normal
27.7% full on 2026-10-12, against an average of 99.9% for October across 6 years of readings (-72.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Playas 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 −1.84). 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: 2026-10-12.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 6.295, -75.028 · Open in Google Maps
About Playas
As of October 12, 2026, Playas is filled to 27.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 26 GWh of water out of a maximum 95 GWh. At this level the reservoir is low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 15.4 percentage points, and it is 77.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Playas — 2111 data points between January 1, 2021 and October 12, 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 November 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
- 27.7%
- Water stored
- 26 GWh
- Total capacity
- 95 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▼ 15.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 77.3 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Guatapé
- River basin
- Guatapé
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 6.295°N, 75.028°W
- Last updated
- October 12, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 12 Oct 2026 | 27.7% | 26 |
| 11 Oct 2026 | 38.9% | 37 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 51.2% | 49 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 61.9% | 59 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 69.0% | 66 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 48.5% | 46 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 36.5% | 35 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 43.1% | 41 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 50.6% | 48 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 55.3% | 53 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 56.3% | 54 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 61.4% | 58 |