Montijo
Badajoz · Extremadura · Guadiana
Capacity
11 hm³
Coordinates
38.929°N, 6.425°W
Operator
CHSU
100.0% full
Current fill
100.0%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Drought context
Storage vs October average
120%of normal
100.0% full on 2026-10-13, against an average of 83.5% for October across 9 years of readings (+16.5 points).
Rain over the last three months · 21 September 2026
Moderately dry
In the three months to 21 September 2026 the area around Montijo had well below normal rain, a shortfall seen about one year in six. Rainfall compared with the long-run record for the same season at this point (Copernicus Global Drought Observatory, SPI-3 index −1.27). 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 | 11 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 9.9 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHSU |
| Province | Badajoz |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Guadiana |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 38.929, -6.425 · Open in Google Maps
About Montijo
As of October 13, 2026, Montijo is filled to 100.0% of its total capacity, holding roughly 11 hm³ of water out of a maximum 11 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 10 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Montijo — 418 data points between October 16, 2018 and October 13, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 18.2% (January 1, 2019) to a high of 100.0% (October 30, 2018). On average the reservoir is fullest around July and at its lowest around December.
It is operated by CHSU primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadiana basin at 38.929°N, 6.425°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 100.0%
- Water stored
- 11 hm³
- Total capacity
- 11 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 10 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 38.929°N, 6.425°W
- Last updated
- October 13, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 13 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 6 Oct 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 100.0% | 11 |