Cyprus’s dams are 36.8% full
Cyprus’s 21 monitored dams held 110.5 million cubic metres (MCM) of water out of a combined 300.1 MCM capacity, according to the Water Development Department’s official Dams Monitor. That is 36.8% of total capacity.
The figures are dated 16 October 2026, so they are the latest available official reading for this article—not a measurement taken on 17 October itself. The dashboard displays storage volumes and capacity for each monitored reservoir.
Compared with this time last year
The latest figures are substantially higher than a year ago. A day-matched comparison published by FragmataLive, using its 18-reservoir dataset, puts storage on 16 October 2026 at 102.79 MCM (35.3%), compared with 33.47 MCM (11.5%) on 16 October 2025. That is an increase of 69.32 MCM and 23.8 percentage points in that dataset.
The comparison uses a different reservoir set and total capacity from the Water Development Department’s official 21-dam dashboard, which reports 110.5 MCM out of 300.1 MCM (36.8%) for 16 October 2026. Keep the figures separate: the year-on-year comparison is useful context, but its totals should not be presented as the official dashboard’s 21-dam comparison.
Levels vary widely between reservoirs
The largest reservoir, Kouris, held 42.21 MCM of 115.00 MCM, or about 36.7%. Asprokremmos stood at 18.56 MCM of 52.38 MCM (about 35.4%), while Evretou held 9.28 MCM of 24.00 MCM (about 38.7%).
Several smaller reservoirs were much fuller. Kalopanayiotis was at 100%, holding 0.36 MCM of 0.36 MCM. Klirou–Malounta–Akaki was at about 87%, and Solea at about 83%.
At the lower end, Achna held 0.54 MCM of 6.80 MCM, or about 8%. Lefkara was at about 17%, Kalavasos at 22%, and Dipotamos at 25%. These figures show why the national average does not describe conditions at every dam.
October rain offers some relief, but storage levels need context
Recent reporting has described rainfall in October as a source of relief after several dry years. On 9 October, Kathimerini Cyprus reported that reserves were then 35.6% of capacity, while still below the levels recorded in 2022 and 2023. More recent reporting on 15 October said rainfall had reached 157% of the October average by that morning. These reports provide context for the latest dam readings, but rainfall totals and reservoir storage are different measures: rain does not translate immediately or uniformly into water stored in every reservoir.
How to read the figures
A dam’s percentage is the water stored compared with that reservoir’s stated capacity. It does not, by itself, indicate how much water is available for household use: supply also depends on demand, water management, transfers and other sources.
The figures in this article are rounded from the official dashboard. For day-to-day updates, check the Water Development Department’s Dams Monitor, which may publish newer readings after this article is posted.
