Bembézar
Córdoba · Andalusia · Guadalquivir
Capacity
328 hm³
Coordinates
37.958°N, 5.278°W
Operator
CHGu
80.8% full
Current fill
80.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.9%losing
vs 1 year ago
-2.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 328 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 295.2 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHGu |
| Province | Córdoba |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| River basin | Guadalquivir |
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About Bembézar
As of September 7, 2026, Bembézar is filled to 80.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 265 hm³ of water out of a maximum 328 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 295 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pts), and it is 2.7 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Bembézar — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 9.8% (October 17, 2023) to a high of 99.1% (April 1, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHGu primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadalquivir basin at 37.958°N, 5.278°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 80.8%
- Water stored
- 265 hm³
- Total capacity
- 328 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 295 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 2.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadalquivir
- Operator
- CHGu
- Coordinates
- 37.958°N, 5.278°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 80.8% | 265 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 81.7% | 268 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 82.6% | 271 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 83.5% | 274 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 84.8% | 278 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 85.7% | 281 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 86.6% | 284 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 87.8% | 288 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 88.7% | 291 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 89.9% | 295 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 91.2% | 299 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 92.4% | 303 |