Albarellos
Ourense · Galicia · Miño - Sil
Capacity
91 hm³
Coordinates
42.389°N, 8.220°W
Operator
CHS
24.2% full
Current fill
24.2%vs 7 days ago
-2.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
-7.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 91 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 81.9 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHS |
| Province | Ourense |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| River basin | Miño - Sil |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 42.389, -8.220 · Open in Google Maps
About Albarellos
As of October 6, 2026, Albarellos is filled to 24.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 22 hm³ of water out of a maximum 91 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, about 82 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.2 percentage points, and it is 7.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Albarellos — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 20.9% (November 6, 2018) to a high of 81.3% (November 7, 2023). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Miño - Sil basin at 42.389°N, 8.220°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 24.2%
- Water stored
- 22 hm³
- Total capacity
- 91 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 82 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 7.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Miño - Sil
- Operator
- CHS
- Coordinates
- 42.389°N, 8.220°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 24.2% | 22 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 26.4% | 24 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 28.6% | 26 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 29.7% | 27 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 31.9% | 29 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 37.4% | 34 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 39.6% | 36 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 42.9% | 39 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 46.2% | 42 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 47.3% | 43 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 50.5% | 46 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 50.5% | 46 |