When to paint a house exterior in Baton Rouge, LA
When to paint in Baton Rouge, LA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to May, with 4 good months a year. The best month is October, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to May, call for quotes in January or earlier; a job pushed past May is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 2Jan
- 7Feb
- 13Mar
- 15Apr
- 15May
- 3Jun
- 1Jul
- 2Aug
- 6Sep
- 18Oct
- 8Nov
- 5Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 | 2 | 11 | 43° / 65°F |
| February | 7 | 6 | 14 | 48° / 70°F |
| March | 13 | 11 | 20 | 55° / 76°F |
| April | 15 | 13 | 19 | 59° / 80°F |
| May | 15 | 10 | 15 | 67° / 87°F |
| June | 3 | 1 | 3 | 73° / 92°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 75° / 93°F |
| August | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75° / 93°F |
| September | 6 | 5 | 6 | 71° / 90°F |
| October | 18 | 18 | 20 | 61° / 84°F |
| November | 8 | 7 | 18 | 51° / 74°F |
| December | 5 | 4 | 13 | 48° / 68°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 47 days a year here.
Towns near Baton Rouge compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Thibodaux (132 a year, 49 miles southeast); 1 gets fewer, down to 83 a year. A gap like that between towns is usually elevation, a coast or a lake, which is why a painter from a few towns over can be on a different schedule. Baker, Central, Zachary are read from the same station as Baton Rouge, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Baton Rouge | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baker, LA | 10 mi north | 95 | March to May | same station |
| Central, LA | 10 mi northeast | 95 | March to May | same station |
| Zachary, LA | 15 mi north | 95 | March to May | same station |
| Gonzales, LA | 20 mi southeast | 83 | April to May | Louisiana Regional Airport |
| Hammond, LA | 40 mi east | 107 | March to May | Louis Armstrong New Orleans I |
| Thibodaux, LA | 49 mi southeast | 132 | March to June | Houma-Terrebonne Airport |
How Baton Rouge ranks in LA
Of 35 LA places with 10,000 people or more, Baton Rouge (population 220,907, 2nd largest) ranks 14th for painting days, 3 days above the state median of 92. The longest season in the state is New Orleans, 144 days, 76 miles east. The shortest is Natchitoches at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 47 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Baton Rouge Metro Ryan Field (6.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.