Los Melonares
Sevilla · Andalusia · Guadalquivir
Capacity
186 hm³
Coordinates
37.723°N, 5.885°W
Operator
CHGu
84.4% full
Current fill
84.4%vs 7 days ago
-1.1%losing
vs 1 year ago
+3.8%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
112%of normal
84.4% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 75.5% for October across 9 years of readings (+8.9 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Severely dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Melonares, Los 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 −1.78). 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 | 186 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 167.4 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHGu |
| Province | Sevilla |
| Autonomous community | Andalusia |
| River basin | Guadalquivir |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 37.723, -5.885 · Open in Google Maps
About Los Melonares
As of October 13, 2026, Los Melonares is filled to 84.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 157 hm³ of water out of a maximum 186 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 167 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-1.1 pts), and it is 3.8 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Los Melonares — 418 data points between October 16, 2018 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 40.9% (January 16, 2024) to a high of 100.0% (February 11, 2020). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHGu primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadalquivir basin at 37.723°N, 5.885°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 84.4%
- Water stored
- 157 hm³
- Total capacity
- 186 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 167 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.1 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 3.8 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadalquivir
- Operator
- CHGu
- Coordinates
- 37.723°N, 5.885°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 84.4% | 157 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 85.5% | 159 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 87.1% | 162 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 86.6% | 161 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 86.6% | 161 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 86.6% | 161 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 86.0% | 160 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 87.6% | 163 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 87.1% | 162 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 87.1% | 162 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 87.6% | 163 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 89.2% | 166 |