El Castro
Toledo · Castile-La Mancha · Tajo
Capacity
8 hm³
Coordinates
39.801°N, 3.755°W
Operator
CHT
50.0% full
Current fill
50.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 8 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 7.2 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHT |
| Province | Toledo |
| Autonomous community | Castile-La Mancha |
| River basin | Tajo |
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About El Castro
As of September 7, 2026, El Castro is filled to 50.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 4 hm³ of water out of a maximum 8 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 7 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El Castro — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 12.5% (September 4, 2018) to a high of 62.5% (April 21, 2020). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tajo basin at 39.801°N, 3.755°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 50.0%
- Water stored
- 4 hm³
- Total capacity
- 8 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 7 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tajo
- Operator
- CHT
- Coordinates
- 39.801°N, 3.755°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 50.0% | 4 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 50.0% | 4 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 50.0% | 4 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 50.0% | 4 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 50.0% | 4 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 50.0% | 4 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 50.0% | 4 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 50.0% | 4 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 50.0% | 4 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 62.5% | 5 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 62.5% | 5 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 62.5% | 5 |