Cyprus’s major dams stand at just 17.2% capacity despite a significant surge in rainfall, with total stored water reaching 50 million cubic metres (MCM) — far below the 75.4 MCM (25.9%) recorded in the same period last year.
Between 9 and 16 February, inflows into the island’s major dams reached 11.5 MCM against an outflow of just 0.8 MCM. Yet the cumulative deficit from previous dry years means overall reservoir levels remain critically low.
None of the six largest dams — Kouris, Asprokremmos, Kannaviou, Kalavasos, Dipotamos and Lefkara — holds a significant volume.
Dipotamos currently has the highest fill rate among them at 21.7%, having received 3.3 MCM in inflows over the week. Lefkara, which led the group last year at 34.7%, now stands at just 12%.
Kouris, Cyprus’s largest reservoir, holds 16.6 MCM at 14.5% capacity. It received 2.2 MCM in inflows over the past week against 0.2 MCM in outflows, and has also received 3.9 MCM transferred from Arminou dam since 1 October 2025.
Asprokremmos recorded the highest inflow among the six at 3 MCM, bringing its stored volume to 9.4 MCM (18%).
Three smaller dams have fared better. Klirou and Pomos both overflowed following the weekend rains and now stand at 100% capacity, with capacities of 2 MCM and 0.86 MCM respectively. Kalopanagiotis, which holds 0.36 MCM, had already overflowed in the days prior.
Over the last three days alone, total inflows reached 9.2 MCM, with almost half — 4.5 MCM — flowing into the Southern Conveyor dams. Total inflows for the year to date stand at 28.4 MCM, surpassing both last year’s full-season total of 18.6 MCM and the 24.7 MCM recorded two years ago.
January and February inflows of 12.6 MCM and 13.5 MCM respectively mark a clear improvement after an extremely dry autumn.
However, December 2025 inflows had reached only 2.2 MCM, compared with 8.8 MCM in December 2024 and 4.5 MCM in December 2023, leaving a deficit that recent rains have yet to overcome.
Half of February’s rain fell in three days
Nearly half of all rainfall recorded in Cyprus so far this month fell in the past three days, according to preliminary data from the Meteorological Department.
Average rainfall across the free areas of the Republic from 1 to 15 February reached 49.7mm — 61% of the monthly norm — after the three-day period added an average of 23.4mm.
The heaviest rainfall during that period was recorded at Platania (67.8mm), followed by Prodromos (63.2mm) and Saittas (48mm).
For the first half of February overall, Prodromos recorded the highest total at 156.8mm, equal to 108% of the normal figure for the month.
Platania followed with 139mm (94% of normal), Pano Panagia with 103.5mm (90%), Saittas with 100.6mm (90%) and Stavros tis Psokas with 98.8mm (73%).
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