Cíjara
Badajoz · Extremadura · Guadiana
Capacity
1,505 hm³
Coordinates
39.332°N, 4.898°W
Operator
CHSU
76.0% full
Current fill
76.0%vs 7 days ago
-0.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
+13.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 1,505 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 1,354.5 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHSU |
| Province | Badajoz |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Guadiana |
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About Cíjara
As of September 7, 2026, Cíjara is filled to 76.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 1,144 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,505 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 1,355 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.2 pts), and it is 13.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cíjara — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 13.8% (October 12, 2021) to a high of 93.0% (February 17, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHSU primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadiana basin at 39.332°N, 4.898°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 76.0%
- Water stored
- 1,144 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,505 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 1,355 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 13.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 39.332°N, 4.898°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 76.0% | 1,144 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 76.2% | 1,147 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 77.5% | 1,166 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 80.8% | 1,216 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 81.2% | 1,222 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 81.8% | 1,231 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 85.4% | 1,286 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 86.9% | 1,308 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 88.6% | 1,334 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 89.0% | 1,339 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 89.2% | 1,342 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 89.4% | 1,345 |