Reservoir · Antioquia · Colombia · XM
Punchiná
76.4% full
Capacity
65.94 GWh
Energy stored
50 GWh
River
San Carlos
Coordinates
6.229°N, 74.865°W
Last updated
2026-10-26
Current fill
76.4%vs 7 days ago
+6.2 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
+15.6 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
123%of normal
76.4% full on 2026-10-26, against an average of 61.9% for October across 6 years of readings (+14.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Punchiná had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.35). 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. 6.229°N, 74.865°W · Open in Google Maps
About Punchiná
As of October 26, 2026, Punchiná is filled to 76.4% of its total capacity, holding 50.38 GWh of water out of a maximum 65.94 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 6.2 percentage points, and it is 15.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Punchiná — 2114 data points between January 1, 2021 and October 26, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.8% (May 16, 2024) to a high of 105.0% (October 31, 2021). On average the reservoir is fullest around November and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the San Carlos basin at 6.229°N, 74.865°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 76.4% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 50.38 GWh
- Total capacity
- 65.94 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▲ 6.2 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 15.6 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- San Carlos
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 6.229°N, 74.865°W
- Last updated
- October 26, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 26 Oct 2026 | 76.4% | 50.38 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 78.4% | 51.69 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 77.5% | 51.13 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 49.5% | 32.64 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 23.0% | 15.16 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 18.2% | 12.01 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 39.9% | 26.32 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 70.2% | 46.3 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 85.4% | 56.28 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 51.0% | 33.6 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 24.5% | 16.12 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 21.3% | 14.02 |