PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Chino, CA

When to paint in Chino, CA

A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May to June, with 2 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 20 painting days. Book a painter by March.

If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.

  1. 2Jan
  2. 1Feb
  3. 2Mar
  4. 9Apr
  5. 20May
  6. 14Jun
  7. 3Jul
  8. 2Aug
  9. 9Sep
  10. 10Oct
  11. 3Nov
  12. 1Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
January222141° / 71°F
February111841° / 72°F
March2under 12144° / 75°F
April972348° / 81°F
May20202353° / 82°F
June14141458° / 91°F
July32363° / 98°F
August22263° / 99°F
September991061° / 95°F
October1081554° / 89°F
November322244° / 80°F
December1under 12140° / 72°F

Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 116 days a year here.

Towns near Chino compared

4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Montclair (220 a year, 7 miles north). 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. Chino Hills, Eastvale are read from the same station as Chino, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom ChinoPainting days a yearWindowStation
Chino Hills, CA4 mi southwest76May to Junesame station
Eastvale, CA5 mi east76May to Junesame station
Ontario, CA6 mi northeast114April to JuneOntario International Airport
Montclair, CA7 mi north220March to JanuaryCable
Norco, CA7 mi southeast96May to JuneCorona Municipal Airport
Pomona, CA8 mi northwest205March to NovemberBrackett Field Airport

How Chino ranks in CA

Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Chino (population 94,010, 83rd largest) ranks 271st for painting days, 52 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 57 miles northwest. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 116 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Chino Airport (1.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.