La Fernandina
Jaén · Andalusia · Guadalquivir
Capacity
247 hm³
Coordinates
38.201°N, 3.570°W
Operator
CHGu
71.7% full
Current fill
71.7%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
+39.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 247 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 222.3 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHGu |
| Province | Jaén |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| River basin | Guadalquivir |
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About La Fernandina
As of October 6, 2026, La Fernandina is filled to 71.7% of its total capacity, holding roughly 177 hm³ of water out of a maximum 247 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 222 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 39.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for La Fernandina — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 26.3% (November 15, 2022) to a high of 89.5% (March 24, 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 38.201°N, 3.570°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 71.7%
- Water stored
- 177 hm³
- Total capacity
- 247 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 222 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 39.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadalquivir
- Operator
- CHGu
- Coordinates
- 38.201°N, 3.570°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 71.7% | 177 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 71.7% | 177 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 71.7% | 177 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 72.1% | 178 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 72.1% | 178 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 72.9% | 180 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 74.5% | 184 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 75.7% | 187 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 77.3% | 191 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 78.9% | 195 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 80.6% | 199 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 81.8% | 202 |