Peñarrubia
León · Castile and León · Miño - Sil
Capacity
13 hm³
Coordinates
42.456°N, 6.819°W
Operator
CHS
84.6% full
Current fill
84.6%vs 7 days ago
-7.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
+7.7%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 13 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 11.7 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHS |
| Province | León |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| River basin | Miño - Sil |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 42.456, -6.819 · Open in Google Maps
About Peñarrubia
As of September 7, 2026, Peñarrubia is filled to 84.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 11 hm³ of water out of a maximum 13 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 12 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 7.7 percentage points, and it is 7.7 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Peñarrubia — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 30.8% (July 12, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (December 17, 2019). On average the reservoir is fullest around February and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by CHS primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Miño - Sil basin at 42.456°N, 6.819°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 84.6%
- Water stored
- 11 hm³
- Total capacity
- 13 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 12 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 7.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 7.7 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Miño - Sil
- Operator
- CHS
- Coordinates
- 42.456°N, 6.819°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 84.6% | 11 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 92.3% | 12 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 76.9% | 10 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 69.2% | 9 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 69.2% | 9 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 69.2% | 9 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 76.9% | 10 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 92.3% | 12 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 76.9% | 10 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 76.9% | 10 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 84.6% | 11 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 92.3% | 12 |