El vicario
Ciudad Real · Castile-La Mancha · Guadiana
Capacity
32 hm³
Coordinates
39.067°N, 3.950°W
Operator
CHSU
59.4% full
Current fill
59.4%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
+18.8%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 32 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 28.8 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHSU |
| Province | Ciudad Real |
| Autonomous community | Castile-La Mancha |
| River basin | Guadiana |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.067, -3.950 · Open in Google Maps
About El vicario
As of October 6, 2026, El vicario is filled to 59.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 19 hm³ of water out of a maximum 32 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 29 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 18.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El vicario — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 3.1% (August 31, 2021) to a high of 100.0% (March 3, 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 39.067°N, 3.950°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 59.4%
- Water stored
- 19 hm³
- Total capacity
- 32 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 29 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 18.8 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 39.067°N, 3.950°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 59.4% | 19 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 59.4% | 19 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 59.4% | 19 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 62.5% | 20 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 62.5% | 20 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 65.6% | 21 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 65.6% | 21 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 68.8% | 22 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 71.9% | 23 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 75.0% | 24 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 78.1% | 25 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 81.3% | 26 |