When to paint a house exterior in Boise City, ID
When to paint in Boise City, ID
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August to September, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 10 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August to September, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 6May
- 10Jun
- 4Jul
- 7Aug
- 10Sep
- 4Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 42°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 48°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 7 | 33° / 58°F |
| April | 1 | under 1 | 14 | 38° / 66°F |
| May | 6 | 5 | 19 | 46° / 76°F |
| June | 10 | 7 | 14 | 54° / 87°F |
| July | 4 | 2 | 4 | 62° / 97°F |
| August | 7 | 5 | 8 | 61° / 94°F |
| September | 10 | 9 | 18 | 52° / 84°F |
| October | 4 | 4 | 19 | 41° / 69°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 31° / 52°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 24° / 41°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 68 days a year here.
Towns near Boise City compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Meridian (60 a year, 9 miles west); 1 gets fewer, down to 29 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. Garden City is read from the same station as Boise City, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Boise City | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Garden City, ID | 6 mi northwest | 41 | August to September | same station |
| Meridian, ID | 9 mi west | 60 | May to June | Nampa Municipal Airport |
| Kuna, ID | 10 mi southwest | 60 | May to June | Nampa Municipal Airport |
| Eagle, ID | 11 mi northwest | 60 | May to June | Nampa Municipal Airport |
| Star, ID | 15 mi northwest | 29 | June | Caldwell Industrial Airport |
| Nampa, ID | 17 mi west | 60 | May to June | Nampa Municipal Airport |
How Boise City ranks in ID
Of 26 ID places with 10,000 people or more, Boise City (population 237,963, 1st largest) ranks 11th for painting days, 4 days above the state median of 37. The longest season in the state is Meridian, 60 days, 9 miles west. The shortest is Ammon at 11. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 68 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Boise Air Terminal/Gowen Fd A (2.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.