When to paint a house exterior in Camarillo, CA
When to paint in Camarillo, CA
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is May to October, with 6 good months a year. The best month is July, at about 30 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to October, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past October is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 3Jan
- 1Feb
- 4Mar
- 12Apr
- 23May
- 28Jun
- 30Jul
- 29Aug
- 25Sep
- 17Oct
- 6Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 3 | 22 | 44° / 70°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 20 | 43° / 71°F |
| March | 4 | 2 | 22 | 46° / 71°F |
| April | 12 | 11 | 26 | 49° / 74°F |
| May | 23 | 23 | 29 | 53° / 72°F |
| June | 28 | 27 | 28 | 58° / 76°F |
| July | 30 | 30 | 30 | 61° / 80°F |
| August | 29 | 27 | 29 | 62° / 82°F |
| September | 25 | 24 | 25 | 60° / 82°F |
| October | 17 | 15 | 23 | 54° / 81°F |
| November | 6 | 4 | 24 | 47° / 76°F |
| December | 3 | 2 | 22 | 44° / 70°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 119 days a year here.
Towns near Camarillo compared
3 get fewer, down to 170 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. Thousand Oaks, Santa Paula, Moorpark are read from the same station as Camarillo, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Camarillo | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thousand Oaks, CA | 9 mi east | 181 | May to October | same station |
| Santa Paula, CA | 9 mi north | 181 | May to October | same station |
| Moorpark, CA | 10 mi northeast | 181 | May to October | same station |
| Oxnard, CA | 10 mi west | 170 | April to October | Oxnard Airport |
| Port Hueneme, CA | 11 mi southwest | 170 | April to October | Oxnard Airport |
| San Buenaventura (Ventura), CA | 13 mi west | 170 | April to October | Oxnard Airport |
How Camarillo ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Camarillo (population 69,881, 127th largest) ranks 133rd for painting days, 54 days above the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 33 miles northeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 119 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Camarillo Airport (2.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.