Cuevas de Almanzora

As of October 6, 2026, Cuevas de Almanzora is filled to 9.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 15 hm³ of water out of a maximum 161 hm³. At this level the reservoir is critically low. Of that total, about 145 hm³ is usable (live) storage.

Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.6 pts), and it is 3.1 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.

Across the readings we hold for Cuevas de Almanzora — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 4.3% (December 9, 2025) to a high of 26.7% (May 24, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around May and at its lowest around February.

It is operated by CHMS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza basin at 37.336°N, 1.914°W.