Almendra
Salamanca · Castile and León · Duero
Capacity
2,649 hm³
Coordinates
41.237°N, 6.240°W
Operator
CHD
66.2% full
Current fill
66.2%vs 7 days ago
-2.9%losing
vs 1 year ago
-12.9%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 2,649 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 2,384.1 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHD |
| Province | Salamanca |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| River basin | Duero |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.237, -6.240 · Open in Google Maps
About Almendra
As of September 7, 2026, Almendra is filled to 66.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1,753 hm³ of water out of a maximum 2,649 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 2,384 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.9 percentage points, and it is 12.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Almendra — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 25.1% (September 27, 2022) to a high of 96.3% (May 27, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHD primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Duero basin at 41.237°N, 6.240°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 66.2%
- Water stored
- 1,753 hm³
- Total capacity
- 2,649 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 2,384 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 12.9 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Duero
- Operator
- CHD
- Coordinates
- 41.237°N, 6.240°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 66.2% | 1,753 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 69.1% | 1,830 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 70.4% | 1,864 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 72.4% | 1,917 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 74.7% | 1,979 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 76.9% | 2,037 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 78.0% | 2,065 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 80.0% | 2,119 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 82.8% | 2,193 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 84.7% | 2,243 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 85.8% | 2,274 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 87.8% | 2,327 |