Mangla Dam
Azad Jammu & Kashmir · Jhelum
Capacity
9,116 hm³
Coordinates
33.127°N, 73.650°E
Operator
WAPDA
61.6% full
Current fill
61.6%vs 7 days ago
-5.6%losing
vs 1 year ago
N/A7-day trend
↓falling
Drought context
Storage vs October average
79%of normal
61.6% full on 2026-10-11, against an average of 78.0% for October across 1 year of readings (-16.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Mangla Dam 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 −1.14). Rain, not storage. Pakistan drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 9,116 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 7,916 hm³ |
| Dam height | 138 m |
| Dam type | Embankment |
| Year built | 1967 |
| Primary use | Hydroelectric |
| Operator | WAPDA |
| River | Jhelum |
| Province | Azad Jammu & Kashmir |
| River basin | Jhelum |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 33.127, 73.650 · Open in Google Maps
About Mangla Dam
As of October 11, 2026, Mangla Dam is filled to 61.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 6,072 hm³ of water out of a maximum 9,116 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 7,916 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 5.6 percentage points.
Across the readings we hold for Mangla Dam — 146 data points between May 18, 2026 and October 11, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 41.3% (June 30, 2026) to a high of 81.2% (September 8, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around September and at its lowest around May.
The dam at Mangla Dam stands 138 m tall and is a embankment dam and was completed in 1967. It is operated by WAPDA primarily for hydroelectric power. It lies within the Jhelum basin at 33.127°N, 73.650°E.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 61.6%
- Water stored
- 6,072 hm³
- Total capacity
- 9,116 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 7,916 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 5.6 pts
- Primary use
- Hydroelectric power
- River
- Jhelum
- River basin
- Jhelum
- Dam height
- 138 m
- Year completed
- 1967
- Operator
- WAPDA
- Coordinates
- 33.127°N, 73.650°E
- Last updated
- October 11, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 11 Oct 2026 | 61.6% | 6,072 |
| 10 Oct 2026 | 62.3% | 6,129 |
| 9 Oct 2026 | 63.1% | 6,193 |
| 8 Oct 2026 | 63.9% | 6,258 |
| 7 Oct 2026 | 64.7% | 6,322 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 65.6% | 6,390 |
| 5 Oct 2026 | 66.4% | 6,455 |
| 4 Oct 2026 | 67.2% | 6,523 |
| 3 Oct 2026 | 68.1% | 6,591 |
| 2 Oct 2026 | 69.0% | 6,659 |
| 1 Oct 2026 | 69.9% | 6,731 |
| 30 Sep 2026 | 70.7% | 6,799 |