Gabriel y Galán
Cáceres · Extremadura · Tajo
Capacity
911 hm³
Coordinates
40.254°N, 6.123°W
Operator
CHT
37.3% full
Current fill
37.3%vs 7 days ago
-0.9%losing
vs 1 year ago
-3.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 911 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 819.9 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHT |
| Province | Cáceres |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Tajo |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.254, -6.123 · Open in Google Maps
About Gabriel y Galán
As of October 6, 2026, Gabriel y Galán is filled to 37.3% of its total capacity, holding roughly 340 hm³ of water out of a maximum 911 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, about 820 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.9 pts), and it is 3.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Gabriel y Galán — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 11.2% (October 4, 2022) to a high of 94.2% (April 9, 2024). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tajo basin at 40.254°N, 6.123°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 37.3%
- Water stored
- 340 hm³
- Total capacity
- 911 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 820 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.9 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 3.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tajo
- Operator
- CHT
- Coordinates
- 40.254°N, 6.123°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 37.3% | 340 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 38.2% | 348 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 39.5% | 360 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 41.1% | 374 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 43.0% | 392 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 44.8% | 408 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 45.7% | 416 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 48.1% | 438 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 50.5% | 460 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 52.9% | 482 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 55.1% | 502 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 57.7% | 526 |