Belesar
Lugo · Galicia · Miño - Sil
Capacity
655 hm³
Coordinates
42.712°N, 7.687°W
Operator
CHS
34.5% full
Current fill
34.5%vs 7 days ago
-4.0%losing
vs 1 year ago
-32.5%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
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 September 7, 2026, Belesar is filled to 34.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 226 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 fallen by 4.0 percentage points, and it is 32.5 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Belesar — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 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
- 34.5%
- Water stored
- 226 hm³
- Total capacity
- 655 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 590 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 4.0 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 32.5 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Miño - Sil
- Operator
- CHS
- Coordinates
- 42.712°N, 7.687°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 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 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 67.9% | 445 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 72.7% | 476 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 73.9% | 484 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 78.2% | 512 |