Reservoir · Karnataka · India · CWC · SOUTHERN region
Kabini
Kabini Dam
47.5% full
Gross capacity
18.3 TMC (519 MCM)
Live capacity
16.5 TMC (468 MCM)
River
Kabini
Basin
Cauvery
Primary use
multiple
Operator
KPCL
Coordinates
11.933°N, 76.350°E
Last updated
2026-10-22
Capacity in TMC
Kabini Dam has a gross capacity of 18.3 TMC (519 MCM), of which 16.5 TMC (468 MCM) is live storage; it is currently at 47.5% full, holding 7.5 TMC (211 MCM).
- Gross capacity
- 18.3 TMC (519 MCM)
- Live capacity
- 16.5 TMC (468 MCM)
- Current storage
- 7.5 TMC (211 MCM)
TMC is thousand million cubic feet, the unit used in Indian water reporting. 1 TMC = 28.3168 million cubic metres (MCM). Figures are converted from CWC, which publishes million cubic metres. The percentage is labelled live or gross only when the stored volume matches that capacity.
Current fill
47.5%vs 7 days ago
+4.5 ppgaining
vs 1 year ago
-52.2 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Drought context
Storage vs October average
61%of normal
47.5% full on 2026-10-22, against an average of 78.0% for October across 4 years of readings (-30.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Kabini 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 −2.41). Rain, not storage. India drought figures →
Weekly storage
Fill history — multi-year
About this reservoir
Data source
official
Storage data: CWC. CWC region: SOUTHERN.
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 11.933°N, 76.350°E · Open in Google Maps
About Kabini Dam
As of October 22, 2026, Kabini Dam has a published fill of 47.5%, holding 7.5 TMC (211 MCM). Gross capacity is 18.3 TMC (519 MCM). At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, 16.5 TMC (468 MCM) is live storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 4.5 percentage points, and it is 52.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Kabini Dam — 171 data points between June 8, 2023 and October 22, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 1.0% (June 14, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (October 10, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around August and at its lowest around May.
It is operated by KPCL primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Cauvery basin at 11.933°N, 76.350°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 47.5%
- Water stored
- 7.5 TMC (211 MCM)
- Total capacity
- 18.3 TMC (519 MCM)
- Usable capacity
- 16.5 TMC (468 MCM)
- 7-day change
- ▲ 4.5 pp
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 52.2 pp
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Kabini
- River basin
- Cauvery
- Operator
- KPCL
- Coordinates
- 11.933°N, 76.350°E
- Last updated
- October 22, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 22 Oct 2026 | 47.5% | 211 |
| 15 Oct 2026 | 43.0% | 191 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 44.4% | 197 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 46.4% | 206 |
| 24 Sep 2026 | 45.7% | 203 |
| 17 Sep 2026 | 45.3% | 201 |
| 10 Sep 2026 | 45.7% | 203 |
| 3 Sep 2026 | 49.1% | 218 |
| 27 Aug 2026 | 58.8% | 261 |
| 20 Aug 2026 | 72.6% | 322 |
| 13 Aug 2026 | 93.2% | 414 |
| 6 Aug 2026 | 91.7% | 407 |