Francisco Abellán
Granada · Andalusia · Guadalquivir
Capacity
58 hm³
Coordinates
37.313°N, 3.256°W
Operator
CHGu
44.8% full
Current fill
44.8%vs 7 days ago
-1.8%losing
vs 1 year ago
+36.2%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 58 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 52.2 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHGu |
| Province | Granada |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| River basin | Guadalquivir |
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About Francisco Abellán
As of September 7, 2026, Francisco Abellán is filled to 44.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 26 hm³ of water out of a maximum 58 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 52 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.8 percentage points, and it is 36.2 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Francisco Abellán — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 8.6% (September 9, 2025) to a high of 58.6% (April 16, 2019). 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 37.313°N, 3.256°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 44.8%
- Water stored
- 26 hm³
- Total capacity
- 58 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 52 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.8 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 36.2 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadalquivir
- Operator
- CHGu
- Coordinates
- 37.313°N, 3.256°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 44.8% | 26 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 46.6% | 27 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 46.6% | 27 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 48.3% | 28 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 48.3% | 28 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 50.0% | 29 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 50.0% | 29 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 51.7% | 30 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 51.7% | 30 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 53.4% | 31 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 53.4% | 31 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 55.2% | 32 |