El Villar
Community of Madrid · Tajo
Capacity
23 hm³
Coordinates
40.971°N, 3.563°W
Operator
CHT
65.2% full
Current fill
65.2%vs 7 days ago
0.0%stable
vs 1 year ago
0.0%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 23 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 20.7 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHT |
| Autonomous community | Community of Madrid |
| River basin | Tajo |
Satellite imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics. Map: Esri, HERE, Garmin, © OpenStreetMap contributors. 40.971, -3.563 · Open in Google Maps
About El Villar
As of September 7, 2026, El Villar is filled to 65.2% of its total capacity, holding roughly 15 hm³ of water out of a maximum 23 hm³. At this level the reservoir is within its normal operating range. Of that total, about 21 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (+0.0 pts), and it sits close to where it was a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for El Villar — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 47.8% (November 29, 2022) to a high of 100.0% (December 31, 2019). On average the reservoir is fullest around March and at its lowest around November.
It is operated by CHT primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Tajo basin at 40.971°N, 3.563°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 65.2%
- Water stored
- 15 hm³
- Total capacity
- 23 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 21 hm³
- 7-day change
- No change
- Year-on-year
- No change
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Tajo
- Operator
- CHT
- Coordinates
- 40.971°N, 3.563°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 65.2% | 15 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 65.2% | 15 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 60.9% | 14 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 69.6% | 16 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 73.9% | 17 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 82.6% | 19 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 87.0% | 20 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 82.6% | 19 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 73.9% | 17 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 78.3% | 18 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 65.2% | 15 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 52.2% | 12 |