When to paint a house exterior in Charlotte, NC
When to paint in Charlotte, NC
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 2 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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 Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 4Mar
- 8Apr
- 13May
- 11Jun
- 3Jul
- 7Aug
- 14Sep
- 10Oct
- 2Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 3 | 32° / 56°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 7 | 37° / 62°F |
| March | 4 | 4 | 13 | 42° / 69°F |
| April | 8 | 6 | 19 | 49° / 77°F |
| May | 13 | 9 | 17 | 58° / 83°F |
| June | 11 | 9 | 11 | 66° / 90°F |
| July | 3 | 1 | 3 | 70° / 93°F |
| August | 7 | 4 | 7 | 69° / 91°F |
| September | 14 | 13 | 15 | 63° / 86°F |
| October | 10 | 9 | 22 | 51° / 78°F |
| November | 2 | 2 | 11 | 40° / 67°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 6 | 36° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Charlotte compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Matthews (79 a year, 9 miles southeast). 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. Pineville, Belmont, Mount Holly are read from the same station as Charlotte, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Charlotte | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pineville, NC | 9 mi southwest | 75 | May | same station |
| Matthews, NC | 9 mi southeast | 79 | May | Monroe Airport |
| Mint Hill, NC | 10 mi east | 79 | May | Monroe Airport |
| Stallings, NC | 12 mi southeast | 79 | May | Monroe Airport |
| Belmont, NC | 12 mi west | 75 | May | same station |
| Mount Holly, NC | 12 mi northwest | 75 | May | same station |
How Charlotte ranks in NC
Of 91 NC places with 10,000 people or more, Charlotte (population 943,476, 1st largest) ranks 55th for painting days, 3 days below the state median of 77. The longest season in the state is Greenville, 123 days, 196 miles east. The shortest is Boone at 50. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Charlotte/Douglas Internation (7.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.