Cuevas de Almanzora
Almeria · Andalusia · Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza
Capacity
161 hm³
Coordinates
37.336°N, 1.914°W
Operator
CHMS
8.1% full
Current fill
8.1%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
+1.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 161 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 144.9 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. 37.336, -1.914 · Open in Google Maps
About Cuevas de Almanzora
As of September 7, 2026, Cuevas de Almanzora is filled to 8.1% of its total capacity, holding roughly 13 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 (+0.0 pts), and it is 1.3 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Cuevas de Almanzora — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 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.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 8.1%
- Water stored
- 13 hm³
- Total capacity
- 161 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 145 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 1.3 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza
- Operator
- CHMS
- Coordinates
- 37.336°N, 1.914°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 8.1% | 13 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 8.1% | 13 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 8.1% | 13 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 7.5% | 12 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 7.5% | 12 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 7.5% | 12 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 6.8% | 11 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 6.8% | 11 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 6.2% | 10 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 6.2% | 10 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 6.2% | 10 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 6.2% | 10 |