When to paint a house exterior in Cerritos, CA
When to paint in Cerritos, CA
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is April to October, with 7 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 26 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to October, call for quotes in February 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 Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 4Jan
- 5Feb
- 12Mar
- 23Apr
- 26May
- 26Jun
- 23Jul
- 18Aug
- 18Sep
- 20Oct
- 12Nov
- 3Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | 2 | 24 | 46° / 71°F |
| February | 5 | 3 | 21 | 47° / 73°F |
| March | 12 | 8 | 23 | 50° / 74°F |
| April | 23 | 22 | 26 | 54° / 78°F |
| May | 26 | 25 | 26 | 58° / 76°F |
| June | 26 | 25 | 26 | 62° / 82°F |
| July | 23 | 23 | 23 | 66° / 88°F |
| August | 18 | 15 | 18 | 67° / 90°F |
| September | 18 | 18 | 18 | 65° / 89°F |
| October | 20 | 19 | 21 | 59° / 85°F |
| November | 12 | 9 | 24 | 50° / 78°F |
| December | 3 | 2 | 24 | 45° / 71°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 83 days a year here.
Towns near Cerritos compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Artesia (225 a year, 1 miles west); 1 gets fewer, down to 174 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. La Palma, Norwalk are read from the same station as Cerritos, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Cerritos | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Artesia, CA | 1 mi west | 225 | March to November | Long Beach / Daugherty Field |
| La Palma, CA | 2 mi southeast | 188 | April to October | same station |
| Hawaiian Gardens, CA | 3 mi south | 174 | April to October | Los Alamitos Army Airfield Airport |
| Norwalk, CA | 3 mi north | 188 | April to October | same station |
| Lakewood, CA | 3 mi southwest | 225 | March to November | Long Beach / Daugherty Field |
| Bellflower, CA | 4 mi northwest | 225 | March to November | Long Beach / Daugherty Field |
How Cerritos ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Cerritos (population 46,851, 189th largest) ranks 116th for painting days, 61 days above the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 45 miles northwest. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 83 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Fullerton Municipal Airport (5.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.