Cernadilla
Zamora · Castile and León · Duero
Capacity
255 hm³
Coordinates
42.008°N, 6.506°W
Operator
CHD
13.7% full
Current fill
13.7%vs 7 days ago
-1.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
+0.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
61%of normal
13.7% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 22.4% for October across 9 years of readings (-8.7 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Near normal
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Cernadilla had rain close to normal for the season. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −0.24). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 September 2026
Noneno drought signal
The European Drought Observatory's combined reading of rain, soil moisture and vegetation at this point. Watch means rain has been short, Warning that the soil has dried out, Alert that vegetation is visibly stressed; Recovery means the shortfall is easing. Ground conditions, not the reservoir's storage. Spain drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 255 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 229.5 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHD |
| Province | Zamora |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| River basin | Duero |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 42.008, -6.506 · Open in Google Maps
About Cernadilla
As of October 13, 2026, Cernadilla is filled to 13.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 35 hm³ of water out of a maximum 255 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, about 230 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.2 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cernadilla — 418 data points between October 16, 2018 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 9.8% (August 30, 2022) to a high of 93.7% (May 14, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHD primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Duero basin at 42.008°N, 6.506°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 13.7%
- Water stored
- 35 hm³
- Total capacity
- 255 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 230 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 0.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Duero
- Operator
- CHD
- Coordinates
- 42.008°N, 6.506°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 13.7% | 35 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 14.9% | 38 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 18.0% | 46 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 21.2% | 54 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 24.3% | 62 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 27.8% | 71 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 31.4% | 80 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 33.7% | 86 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 36.5% | 93 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 40.4% | 103 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 43.5% | 111 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 48.2% | 123 |