Barrios de Luna
León · Castile and León · Duero
Capacity
311 hm³
Coordinates
42.870°N, 5.870°W
Operator
CHD
23.2% full
Current fill
23.2%vs 7 days ago
-0.3%losing
vs 1 year ago
+1.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
120%of normal
23.2% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 19.4% for October across 9 years of readings (+3.8 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Barrios de Luna 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 −0.09). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 September 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 | 311 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 279.9 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHD |
| Province | León |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| River basin | Duero |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 42.870, -5.870 · Open in Google Maps
About Barrios de Luna
As of October 13, 2026, Barrios de Luna is filled to 23.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 72 hm³ of water out of a maximum 311 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, about 280 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.3 pts), and it is 1.3 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Barrios de Luna — 418 data points between October 16, 2018 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.8% (October 18, 2022) to a high of 97.4% (May 28, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around September.
It is operated by CHD primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Duero basin at 42.870°N, 5.870°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 23.2%
- Water stored
- 72 hm³
- Total capacity
- 311 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 280 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.3 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.3 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Duero
- Operator
- CHD
- Coordinates
- 42.870°N, 5.870°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 23.2% | 72 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 23.5% | 73 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 23.8% | 74 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 25.1% | 78 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 25.7% | 80 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 26.7% | 83 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 28.6% | 89 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 30.5% | 95 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 36.0% | 112 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 42.4% | 132 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 49.5% | 154 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 55.3% | 172 |