Baños
Cáceres · Extremadura · Tajo
Capacity
41 hm³
Coordinates
40.288°N, 5.891°W
Operator
CHT
61.0% full
Current fill
61.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0 ppstable
vs 1 year ago
0.0 ppyear-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
115%of normal
61.0% full on 2026-10-27, against an average of 53.0% for October across 9 years of readings (+8.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 11 October 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 11 October 2026 the area around Baños had rain close to 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 −0.51). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 October 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. Spain drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 41 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHT |
| River | Baños Embalse aguas abajo: Valdeobispo Tipo de Presa: Materiales sueltos núcleo arcilla Año de construcción (Final): 1992 Superficie: 211,00 ha Localización: Ver Mapa |
| Province | Cáceres |
| Region | Extremadura |
| River basin | Tajo |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.288°N, 5.891°W · Open in Google Maps
About Baños
As of October 27, 2026, Baños is filled to 61.0% of its total capacity, holding 25 hm³ of water out of a maximum 41 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pp), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Baños — 418 data points between October 30, 2018 and October 27, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 41.5% (October 11, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (April 21, 2020). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tajo basin at 40.288°N, 5.891°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 61.0% of total capacity
- Water stored
- 25 hm³
- Total capacity
- 41 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River
- Baños Embalse aguas abajo: Valdeobispo Tipo de Presa: Materiales sueltos núcleo arcilla Año de construcción (Final): 1992 Superficie: 211,00 ha Localización: Ver Mapa
- River basin
- Tajo
- Operator
- CHT
- Coordinates
- 40.288°N, 5.891°W
- Last updated
- October 27, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 27 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 25 |
| 20 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 25 |
| 13 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 25 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 61.0% | 25 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 61.0% | 25 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 63.4% | 26 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 65.9% | 27 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 65.9% | 27 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 68.3% | 28 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 70.7% | 29 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 73.2% | 30 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 75.6% | 31 |