When to paint a house exterior in Cape Canaveral, FL
When to paint in Cape Canaveral, FL
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is February to May, with 7 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 22 painting days. Book a painter by December.
If you want the house done in February to May, call for quotes in December 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 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 11Jan
- 14Feb
- 21Mar
- 22Apr
- 19May
- 10Jun
- 6Jul
- 6Aug
- 10Sep
- 19Oct
- 17Nov
- 13Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 11 | 9 | 21 | 52° / 73°F |
| February | 14 | 13 | 18 | 57° / 78°F |
| March | 21 | 21 | 24 | 59° / 79°F |
| April | 22 | 20 | 22 | 63° / 82°F |
| May | 19 | 16 | 19 | 68° / 86°F |
| June | 10 | 7 | 10 | 73° / 90°F |
| July | 6 | 5 | 6 | 74° / 91°F |
| August | 6 | 5 | 6 | 75° / 91°F |
| September | 10 | 8 | 10 | 74° / 89°F |
| October | 19 | 18 | 19 | 70° / 86°F |
| November | 17 | 15 | 19 | 63° / 80°F |
| December | 13 | 11 | 19 | 55° / 76°F |
Deck stain does best in March. Low-temperature paint adds about 26 days a year here.
Towns near Cape Canaveral compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cocoa (224 a year, 10 miles west); 1 gets fewer, down to 145 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.
| Place | From Cape Canaveral | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocoa Beach, FL | 5 mi south | 165 | January to May | Patrick Air Force Base Airport |
| Rockledge, FL | 9 mi southwest | 165 | January to May | Patrick Air Force Base Airport |
| Cocoa, FL | 10 mi west | 224 | September to May | Space Coast Regional Airport |
| Satellite Beach, FL | 15 mi south | 165 | January to May | Patrick Air Force Base Airport |
| Titusville, FL | 18 mi northwest | 224 | September to May | Space Coast Regional Airport |
| Melbourne, FL | 20 mi south | 145 | February to May | Melbourne International Airport |
How Cape Canaveral ranks in FL
Of 173 FL places with 10,000 people or more, Cape Canaveral (population 10,014, 173rd largest) ranks 14th for painting days, 22 days above the state median of 145. The longest season in the state is North Port, 226 days, 134 miles southwest. The shortest is Crestview at 69. Low-temperature paint only adds 26 days here, so the season is set by heat, rain or dew rather than cold nights.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Cocoa Beach Cape Kennedy Afs (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+.