Guadalmellato
Córdoba · Andalusia · Guadalquivir
Capacity
145 hm³
Coordinates
38.063°N, 4.689°W
Operator
CHGu
81.4% full
Current fill
81.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
+12.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
172%of normal
81.4% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 47.2% for October across 9 years of readings (+34.2 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Extremely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Guadalmellato 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 −2.47). Rain, not storage.
EU drought indicator · 11 September 2026
Watchrainfall deficit
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 | 145 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 130.5 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHGu |
| Province | Córdoba |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| River basin | Guadalquivir |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 38.063, -4.689 · Open in Google Maps
About Guadalmellato
As of October 13, 2026, Guadalmellato is filled to 81.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 118 hm³ of water out of a maximum 145 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 131 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts), and it is 12.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Guadalmellato — 418 data points between October 16, 2018 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 26.5% (January 16, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (May 6, 2025). 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 38.063°N, 4.689°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 81.4%
- Water stored
- 118 hm³
- Total capacity
- 145 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 131 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 12.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadalquivir
- Operator
- CHGu
- Coordinates
- 38.063°N, 4.689°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 81.4% | 118 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 82.1% | 119 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 82.1% | 119 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 82.8% | 120 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 82.8% | 120 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 83.4% | 121 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 83.4% | 121 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 84.1% | 122 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 84.8% | 123 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 85.5% | 124 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 86.2% | 125 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 86.9% | 126 |