Zújar
Badajoz · Extremadura · Guadiana
Capacity
302 hm³
Coordinates
38.933°N, 5.447°W
Operator
CHSU
85.4% full
Current fill
85.4%vs 7 days ago
-0.7%losing
vs 1 year ago
+27.5%year-over-year
7-day trend
→stable
Catchment Weather
Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo
Technical specifications
| Total capacity | 302 hm³ |
| Usable capacity | 271.8 hm³ |
| Primary use | Multi-purpose |
| Operator | CHSU |
| Province | Badajoz |
| Autonomous community | Extremadura |
| River basin | Guadiana |
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About Zújar
As of September 7, 2026, Zújar is filled to 85.4% of its total capacity, holding roughly 258 hm³ of water out of a maximum 302 hm³. At this level the reservoir is high. Of that total, about 272 hm³ is usable (live) storage.
Over the most recent week on record the fill level has held broadly steady (-0.7 pts), and it is 27.5 points above its level on the same date a year earlier.
Across the readings we hold for Zújar — 419 data points between September 4, 2018 and September 7, 2026 — the level has ranged from a low of 21.2% (October 8, 2024) to a high of 93.4% (April 16, 2019). On average the reservoir is fullest around June and at its lowest around January.
It is operated by CHSU primarily for multiple purposes. It lies within the Guadiana basin at 38.933°N, 5.447°W.
Key facts
- Current fill level
- 85.4%
- Water stored
- 258 hm³
- Total capacity
- 302 hm³
- Usable capacity
- 272 hm³
- 7-day change
- ▼ 0.7 pts
- Year-on-year
- ▲ 27.5 pts
- Primary use
- Multipurpose
- River basin
- Guadiana
- Operator
- CHSU
- Coordinates
- 38.933°N, 5.447°W
- Last updated
- September 7, 2026
Recent readings
| Date | Fill level | Volume (hm³) |
|---|---|---|
| 7 Sep 2026 | 85.4% | 258 |
| 1 Sep 2026 | 86.1% | 260 |
| 25 Aug 2026 | 85.8% | 259 |
| 18 Aug 2026 | 85.4% | 258 |
| 11 Aug 2026 | 83.8% | 253 |
| 4 Aug 2026 | 80.5% | 243 |
| 28 Jul 2026 | 77.2% | 233 |
| 21 Jul 2026 | 78.1% | 236 |
| 14 Jul 2026 | 76.8% | 232 |
| 7 Jul 2026 | 77.8% | 235 |
| 30 Jun 2026 | 76.5% | 231 |
| 23 Jun 2026 | 73.8% | 223 |