La Toba
Cuenca · Castile-La Mancha · Júcar
Capacity
10 hm³
Coordinates
40.208°N, 1.912°W
Operator
CHJ
40.0% full
Current fill
40.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
-10.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
105%of normal
40.0% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 38.0% for October across 9 years of readings (+2.0 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around La Toba had far less rain than normal, a shortfall seen about one year in fifteen. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.57). 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 | 10 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 9 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHJ |
| Province | Cuenca |
| Autonomous community | Castile-La Mancha |
| River basin | Júcar |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.208, -1.912 · Open in Google Maps
About La Toba
As of October 13, 2026, La Toba is filled to 40.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 4 hm³ of water out of a maximum 10 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 9 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 10.0 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for La Toba — 418 data points between October 16, 2018 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 30.0% (December 1, 2020) to a high of 100.0% (December 24, 2019). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by CHJ primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Júcar basin at 40.208°N, 1.912°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 40.0%
- Water stored
- 4 hm³
- Total capacity
- 10 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 9 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 10.0 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Júcar
- Operator
- CHJ
- Coordinates
- 40.208°N, 1.912°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 40.0% | 4 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 40.0% | 4 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 40.0% | 4 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 40.0% | 4 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 40.0% | 4 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 40.0% | 4 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 40.0% | 4 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 30.0% | 3 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 30.0% | 3 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 30.0% | 3 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 30.0% | 3 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 40.0% | 4 |