Ricobayo
Zamora · Castile and León · Duero
Capacity
1,145 hm³
Coordinates
41.654°N, 5.897°W
Operator
CHD
54.9% full
Current fill
54.9%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
+2.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 1,145 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 1,030.5 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHD |
| Province | Zamora |
| Autonomous community | Castile and León |
| River basin | Duero |
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About Ricobayo
As of September 7, 2026, Ricobayo is filled to 54.9% of its total capacity, holding roughly 629 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,145 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 1,031 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts), and it is 2.0 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Ricobayo — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 11.1% (September 14, 2021) to a high of 98.8% (March 9, 2021). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHD primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Duero basin at 41.654°N, 5.897°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 54.9%
- Water stored
- 629 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,145 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 1,031 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 2.0 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Duero
- Operator
- CHD
- Coordinates
- 41.654°N, 5.897°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 54.9% | 629 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 55.6% | 637 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 54.4% | 623 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 55.8% | 639 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 58.6% | 671 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 58.4% | 669 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 64.5% | 739 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 69.9% | 800 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 75.5% | 865 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 81.0% | 927 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 81.7% | 935 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 83.6% | 957 |