Ruecas
Cáceres · Extremadura · Guadiana
Capacity
42 hm³
Coordinates
39.276°N, 5.487°W
Operator
CHSU
71.4% full
Current fill
71.4%vs 7 days ago
-2.4%losing
vs 1 year ago
-7.2%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 42 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 37.8 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHSU |
| Province | Cáceres |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Guadiana |
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About Ruecas
As of September 7, 2026, Ruecas is filled to 71.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 30 hm³ of water out of a maximum 42 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 38 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 2.4 percentage points, and it is 7.2 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Ruecas — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 40.9% (August 27, 2019) to a high of 100.0% (March 25, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHSU primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadiana basin at 39.276°N, 5.487°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 71.4%
- Water stored
- 30 hm³
- Total capacity
- 42 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 38 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 2.4 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 7.2 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 39.276°N, 5.487°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 71.4% | 30 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 73.8% | 31 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 73.8% | 31 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 76.2% | 32 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 78.6% | 33 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 81.0% | 34 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 81.0% | 34 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 83.3% | 35 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 85.7% | 36 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 88.1% | 37 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 90.5% | 38 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 92.9% | 39 |