El Vado
Guadalajara · Castile-La Mancha · Tajo
Capacity
56 hm³
Coordinates
41.005°N, 3.300°W
Operator
CHT
28.6% full
Current fill
28.6%vs 7 days ago
-1.8%losing
vs 1 year ago
-8.9%year-over-year
7-day trend
↓falling
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 56 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 50.4 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHT |
| Province | Guadalajara |
| Autonomous community | Castile-La Mancha |
| River basin | Tajo |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 41.005, -3.300 · Open in Google Maps
About El Vado
As of October 6, 2026, El Vado is filled to 28.6% of its total capacity, holding roughly 16 hm³ of water out of a maximum 56 hm³. At this level the reservoir is low. Of that total, about 50 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has fallen by 1.8 percentage points, and it is 8.9 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El Vado — 418 data points between October 9, 2018 and October 6, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 14.3% (October 12, 2021) to a high of 92.9% (May 27, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around October.
It is operated by CHT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tajo basin at 41.005°N, 3.300°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 28.6%
- Water stored
- 16 hm³
- Total capacity
- 56 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 50 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 1.8 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 8.9 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tajo
- Operator
- CHT
- Coordinates
- 41.005°N, 3.300°W
- Last updated
- October 6, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 6 Oct 2026 | 28.6% | 16 |
| 29 Sep 2026 | 30.4% | 17 |
| 22 Sep 2026 | 32.1% | 18 |
| 15 Sep 2026 | 33.9% | 19 |
| 8 Sep 2026 | 35.7% | 20 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 39.3% | 22 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 41.1% | 23 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 42.9% | 24 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 46.4% | 26 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 48.2% | 27 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 51.8% | 29 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 53.6% | 30 |