Jerte - Plasencia
Cáceres · Extremadura · Tajo
Capacity
59 hm³
Coordinates
40.071°N, 6.027°W
Operator
CHT
55.9% full
Current fill
55.9%vs 7 days ago
-1.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
-3.4%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 59 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 53.1 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHT |
| Province | Cáceres |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Tajo |
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About Jerte - Plasencia
As of September 7, 2026, Jerte - Plasencia is filled to 55.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 33 hm³ of water out of a maximum 59 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 53 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.7 percentage points, and it is 3.4 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Jerte - Plasencia — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 44.1% (October 26, 2021) to a high of 91.5% (May 26, 2020). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tajo basin at 40.071°N, 6.027°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 55.9%
- Water stored
- 33 hm³
- Total capacity
- 59 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 53 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 3.4 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tajo
- Operator
- CHT
- Coordinates
- 40.071°N, 6.027°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 55.9% | 33 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 57.6% | 34 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 57.6% | 34 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 59.3% | 35 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 61.0% | 36 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 62.7% | 37 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 66.1% | 39 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 67.8% | 40 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 69.5% | 41 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 71.2% | 42 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 72.9% | 43 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 76.3% | 45 |