Guadalhorce-Guadalteba
Malaga · Andalusia · Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza
Capacity
279 hm³
Coordinates
36.959°N, 4.813°W
Operator
CHMS
89.6% full
Current fill
89.6%vs 7 days ago
-0.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
+44.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
194%of normal
89.6% full on 2026-10-06, against an average of 46.2% for October across 9 years of readings (+43.4 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Guadalhorce-Guadalteba had extremely little rain for the season, a shortfall seen about one year in forty. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −2.02). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 September 2026
Noneno drought signal
The European Drought Observatory's combined reading of rain, soil moisture and vegetation at this point. Watch means rain has been short, Warning that the soil has dried out, Alert that vegetation is visibly stressed; Recovery means the shortfall is easing. Ground conditions, not the reservoir's storage. Spain drought figures →
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 279 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 251.1 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHMS |
| Province | Malaga |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| River basin | Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 36.959, -4.813 · Open in Google Maps
About Guadalhorce-Guadalteba
As of October 6, 2026, Guadalhorce-Guadalteba is filled to 89.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 250 hm³ of water out of a maximum 279 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 251 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.4 pts), and it is 44.4 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Guadalhorce-Guadalteba — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 9.7% (October 29, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (March 17, 2026). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHMS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza basin at 36.959°N, 4.813°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 89.6%
- Water stored
- 250 hm³
- Total capacity
- 279 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 251 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 44.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Cuenca Mediterránea Andaluza
- Operator
- CHMS
- Coordinates
- 36.959°N, 4.813°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 89.6% | 250 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 90.0% | 251 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 90.7% | 253 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 91.4% | 255 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 92.1% | 257 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 92.8% | 259 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 93.5% | 261 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 93.9% | 262 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 95.0% | 265 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 95.7% | 267 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 96.1% | 268 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 96.8% | 270 |