Reservoir · Antioquia · Colombia · XM
Porce III
62.3% full
Capacity
112.08 GWh
Energy stored
70 GWh
River
Porce
Coordinates
6.939°N, 75.138°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
62.3%vs 7 days ago
+7.9 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-6.3 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
101%of normal
62.3% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 61.9% for October across 6 years of readings (+0.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Porce III 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 −1.10). 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. 6.939°N, 75.138°W · Open in Google Maps
About Porce III
As of October 26, 2026, Porce III is filled to 62.3% of its total capacity, holding 69.85 GWh of water out of a maximum 112.08 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 7.9 percentage points, and it is 6.3 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Porce III — 2125 data points between January 1, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 16.3% (June 3, 2026) to a high of 96.1% (October 22, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around February.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Porce basin at 6.939°N, 75.138°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 62.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 69.85 GWh
- Total capacity
- 112.08 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▲ 7.9 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 6.3 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- Porce
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 6.939°N, 75.138°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 62.3% | 69.85 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 71.1% | 79.71 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 78.4% | 87.89 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 63.9% | 71.65 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 49.7% | 55.67 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 44.2% | 49.52 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 42.9% | 48.07 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 54.4% | 60.95 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 66.7% | 74.76 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 75.6% | 84.7 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 68.9% | 77.22 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 55.4% | 62.09 |