El Portillo
Granada · Andalusia · Guadalquivir
Capacity
31 hm³
Coordinates
37.775°N, 2.778°W
Operator
CHGu
93.6% full
Current fill
93.6%vs 7 days ago
-3.2%losing
vs 1 year ago
+25.9%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 31 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 27.9 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHGu |
| Province | Granada |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| River basin | Guadalquivir |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.775, -2.778 · Open in Google Maps
About El Portillo
As of September 7, 2026, El Portillo is filled to 93.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 29 hm³ of water out of a maximum 31 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 28 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 3.2 percentage points, and it is 25.9 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El Portillo — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 29.0% (October 24, 2023) to a high of 100.0% (February 10, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHGu primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadalquivir basin at 37.775°N, 2.778°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 93.6%
- Water stored
- 29 hm³
- Total capacity
- 31 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 28 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.2 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 25.9 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadalquivir
- Operator
- CHGu
- Coordinates
- 37.775°N, 2.778°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 93.6% | 29 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 96.8% | 30 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 96.8% | 30 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 96.8% | 30 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 96.8% | 30 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 31 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 100.0% | 31 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 100.0% | 31 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 100.0% | 31 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 100.0% | 31 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 100.0% | 31 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 100.0% | 31 |