Reservoir · Córdoba · Colombia · XM
Urrá
80.3% full
Capacity
140.58 GWh
Energy stored
113 GWh
River
Sinú
Coordinates
8.012°N, 76.202°W
Last updated
2026-10-27
Current fill
80.3%vs 7 days ago
+5.1 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-12.7 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
95%of normal
80.3% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 84.4% for October across 6 years of readings (-4.1 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Urrá 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 −2.02). 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: 2026-10-27.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 8.012°N, 76.202°W · Open in Google Maps
About Urrá
As of October 27, 2026, Urrá is filled to 80.3% of its total capacity, holding 112.84 GWh of water out of a maximum 140.58 GWh. At this level the reservoir is high.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 5.1 percentage points, and it is 12.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Urrá — 2122 data points between January 1, 2021 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 31.1% (April 17, 2024) to a high of 104.3% (February 9, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around December and at its lowest around April.
It is operated by XM primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Sinú basin at 8.012°N, 76.202°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 80.3% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 112.84 GWh
- Total capacity
- 140.58 GWh
- 7-day change
- ▲ 5.1 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 12.7 pp
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River basin
- Sinú
- Operator
- XM
- Coordinates
- 8.012°N, 76.202°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (GWh) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 80.3% | 112.84 |
| 26 Oct 2026 | 78.1% | 109.78 |
| 25 Oct 2026 | 74.9% | 105.31 |
| 24 Oct 2026 | 74.9% | 105.36 |
| 23 Oct 2026 | 75.3% | 105.81 |
| 22 Oct 2026 | 75.7% | 106.35 |
| 21 Oct 2026 | 75.8% | 106.49 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 75.2% | 105.73 |
| 19 Oct 2026 | 75.5% | 106.15 |
| 18 Oct 2026 | 75.6% | 106.32 |
| 17 Oct 2026 | 75.2% | 105.77 |
| 16 Oct 2026 | 75.1% | 105.57 |