Benínar
Almeria · Andalusia · Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza
Capacity
63 hm³
Coordinates
36.886°N, 3.027°W
Operator
CHMS
17.5% full
Current fill
17.5%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
+4.8%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 63 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 56.7 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHMS |
| Province | Almeria |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| River basin | Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.886, -3.027 · Open in Google Maps
About Benínar
As of September 7, 2026, Benínar is filled to 17.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 11 hm³ of water out of a maximum 63 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, about 57 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it is 4.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Benínar — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 7.9% (August 18, 2020) to a high of 31.7% (March 3, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHMS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza basin at 36.886°N, 3.027°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 17.5%
- Water stored
- 11 hm³
- Total capacity
- 63 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 57 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 4.8 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza
- Operator
- CHMS
- Coordinates
- 36.886°N, 3.027°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 17.5% | 11 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 17.5% | 11 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 19.0% | 12 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 19.0% | 12 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 19.0% | 12 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 19.0% | 12 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 20.6% | 13 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 20.6% | 13 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 20.6% | 13 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 22.2% | 14 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 22.2% | 14 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 23.8% | 15 |