Belesar
Lugo · Galicia · Miño - Sil
Capacity
655 hm³
Coordinates
42.712°N, 7.687°W
Operator
CHS
28.1% full
Current fill
28.1%vs 7 days ago
-1.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
-19.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 655 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 589.5 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHS |
| Province | Lugo |
| Autonomous community | Galicia |
| River basin | Miño - Sil |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 42.712, -7.687 · Open in Google Maps
About Belesar
As of October 6, 2026, Belesar is filled to 28.1% of its total capacity, holding roughly 184 hm³ of water out of a maximum 655 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, about 590 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.2 pts), and it is 19.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Belesar — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 21.7% (October 30, 2018) to a high of 95.3% (May 28, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Miño - Sil basin at 42.712°N, 7.687°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 28.1%
- Water stored
- 184 hm³
- Total capacity
- 655 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 590 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 19.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Miño - Sil
- Operator
- CHS
- Coordinates
- 42.712°N, 7.687°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 28.1% | 184 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 29.3% | 192 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 31.0% | 203 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 32.5% | 213 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 34.5% | 226 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 38.5% | 252 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 39.8% | 261 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 43.7% | 286 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 47.8% | 313 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 50.2% | 329 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 56.8% | 372 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 61.4% | 402 |