Lefkara
Larnaca · Syriatis Basin
Capacity
13.85 hm³
Coordinates
34.896°N, 33.290°E
Operator
Water Development Department (WDD)
17.3% full
Current fill
17.3%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
+2.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
51%of normal
17.3% full on 2026-10-15, against an average of 33.9% for October across 39 years of readings (-16.6 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Moderately wet
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Lefkara had more rain than normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index +1.33). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 September 2026
Noneno drought signal
The European Drought Observatory's combined reading of rain, soil moisture and vegetation at this point. Watch means rain has been short, Warning that the soil has dried out, Alert that vegetation is visibly stressed; Recovery means the shortfall is easing. Ground conditions, not the reservoir's storage. Cyprus drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 13.85 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 13.85 hm³ |
| Dam height | 71 m |
| Dam type | embankment |
| Year built | 1981 |
| Primary use | water supply |
| Operator | Water Development Department (WDD) |
| River | Syriatis |
| Province | Larnaca |
| River basin | Syriatis Basin |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 34.896, 33.290 · Open in Google Maps
About Lefkara
As of October 15, 2026, Lefkara is filled to 17.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 2 hm³ of water out of a maximum 14 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it is 2.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Lefkara — 955 data points between January 1, 1988 and October 15, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 0.4% (January 1, 2009) to a high of 100.0% (March 4, 2004). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around December.
The dam at Lefkara stands 71 m tall and is a embankment dam and was completed in 1981. It is operated by Water Development Department (WDD) primarily for water supply. It lies within the Syriatis Basin basin at 34.896°N, 33.290°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 17.3%
- Water stored
- 2 hm³
- Total capacity
- 14 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.7 pts
- Primary use
- Water supply
- River
- Syriatis
- River basin
- Syriatis Basin
- Dam height
- 71 m
- Year completed
- 1981
- Operator
- Water Development Department (WDD)
- Coordinates
- 34.896°N, 33.290°E
- Last updated
- October 15, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 Oct 2026 | 17.3% | 2 |
| 14 Oct 2026 | 17.3% | 2 |
| 12 Oct 2026 | 17.3% | 2 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 17.3% | 2 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 17.3% | 2 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 17.3% | 2 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 17.3% | 2 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 17.4% | 2 |
| 28 Sep 2026 | 17.4% | 2 |
| 25 Sep 2026 | 17.4% | 2 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 17.5% | 2 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 17.3% | 2 |