El vicario
Ciudad Real · Castile-La Mancha · Guadiana
Capacity
32 hm³
Coordinates
39.067°N, 3.950°W
Operator
CHSU
62.5% full
Current fill
62.5%vs 7 days ago
-3.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
+15.6%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
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 September 7, 2026, El vicario is filled to 62.5% of its total capacity, holding roughly 20 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 fallen by 3.1 percentage points, and it is 15.6 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El vicario — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 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
- 62.5%
- Water stored
- 20 hm³
- Total capacity
- 32 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 29 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 3.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 15.6 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 39.067°N, 3.950°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 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 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 84.4% | 27 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 87.5% | 28 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 90.6% | 29 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 93.8% | 30 |