Valdecañas
Cáceres · Extremadura · Tajo
Capacity
1,446 hm³
Coordinates
39.819°N, 5.429°W
Operator
CHT
48.8% full
Current fill
48.8%vs 7 days ago
+1.8%gaining
vs 1 year ago
-1.1%year-over-year
7-day trend
↑rising
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 1,446 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 1,301.4 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHT |
| Province | Cáceres |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Tajo |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.819, -5.429 · Open in Google Maps
About Valdecañas
As of September 7, 2026, Valdecañas is filled to 48.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 706 hm³ of water out of a maximum 1,446 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 1,301 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has risen by 1.8 percentage points, and it is 1.1 points below its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Valdecañas — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 21.2% (August 3, 2021) to a high of 99.0% (May 6, 2025). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around August.
It is operated by CHT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tajo basin at 39.819°N, 5.429°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 48.8%
- Water stored
- 706 hm³
- Total capacity
- 1,446 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 1,301 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▲ 1.8 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▼ 1.1 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tajo
- Operator
- CHT
- Coordinates
- 39.819°N, 5.429°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 48.8% | 706 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 47.0% | 680 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 45.2% | 653 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 44.7% | 647 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 46.9% | 678 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 49.8% | 720 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 53.3% | 770 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 57.7% | 834 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 64.6% | 934 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 68.6% | 992 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 70.3% | 1,016 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 74.7% | 1,080 |