Villar del Rey
Badajoz · Extremadura · Guadiana
Capacity
131 hm³
Coordinates
39.198°N, 6.861°W
Operator
CHSU
74.8% full
Current fill
74.8%vs 7 days ago
-0.8%losing
vs 1 year ago
+5.3%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 131 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 117.9 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHSU |
| Province | Badajoz |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Guadiana |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 39.198, -6.861 · Open in Google Maps
About Villar del Rey
As of September 7, 2026, Villar del Rey is filled to 74.8% of its total capacity, holding roughly 98 hm³ of water out of a maximum 131 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 118 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.8 pts), and it is 5.3 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Villar del Rey — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 45.8% (October 18, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (December 20, 2022). On average the reservoir is fullest around April and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHSU primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadiana basin at 39.198°N, 6.861°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 74.8%
- Water stored
- 98 hm³
- Total capacity
- 131 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 118 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.8 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 5.3 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 39.198°N, 6.861°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 74.8% | 98 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 75.6% | 99 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 76.3% | 100 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 77.1% | 101 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 77.9% | 102 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 78.6% | 103 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 79.4% | 104 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 80.9% | 106 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 81.7% | 107 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 82.4% | 108 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 83.2% | 109 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 84.7% | 111 |

