La Cabezuela
Ciudad Real · Castile-La Mancha · Guadiana
Capacity
43 hm³
Coordinates
38.697°N, 3.274°W
Operator
CHSU
55.8% full
Current fill
55.8%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
+48.8%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 43 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 38.7 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHSU |
| Province | Ciudad Real |
| Autonomous community | Castile-La Mancha |
| River basin | Guadiana |
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About La Cabezuela
As of September 7, 2026, La Cabezuela is filled to 55.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 24 hm³ of water out of a maximum 43 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 39 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it is 48.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for La Cabezuela — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 2.3% (November 28, 2023) to a high of 65.1% (October 16, 2018). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by CHSU primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadiana basin at 38.697°N, 3.274°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 55.8%
- Water stored
- 24 hm³
- Total capacity
- 43 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 39 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 48.8 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 38.697°N, 3.274°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 55.8% | 24 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 55.8% | 24 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 55.8% | 24 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 55.8% | 24 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 58.1% | 25 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 58.1% | 25 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 58.1% | 25 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 60.5% | 26 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 60.5% | 26 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 60.5% | 26 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 60.5% | 26 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 62.8% | 27 |