When to paint a house exterior in Cincinnati, OH
When to paint in Cincinnati, OH
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is August, with 1 good month a year. The best month is August, at about 12 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 2Apr
- 7May
- 11Jun
- 10Jul
- 12Aug
- 12Sep
- 4Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 23° / 44°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 26° / 50°F |
| March | 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 59°F |
| April | 2 | 2 | 9 | 41° / 69°F |
| May | 7 | 5 | 14 | 52° / 78°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 13 | 59° / 86°F |
| July | 10 | 6 | 10 | 64° / 88°F |
| August | 12 | 8 | 13 | 63° / 87°F |
| September | 12 | 10 | 16 | 56° / 83°F |
| October | 4 | 3 | 15 | 45° / 72°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 29° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 42 days a year here.
Towns near Cincinnati compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Erlanger (79 a year, 9 miles southwest). 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. Norwood, Newport, Fort Thomas, Reading, Covington are read from the same station as Cincinnati, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Cincinnati | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Norwood, OH | 3 mi northeast | 59 | August | same station |
| Newport, KY | 4 mi south | 59 | August | same station |
| Fort Thomas, KY | 5 mi southeast | 59 | August | same station |
| Reading, OH | 7 mi northeast | 59 | August | same station |
| Covington, KY | 7 mi south | 59 | August | same station |
| Erlanger, KY | 9 mi southwest | 79 | June to September | Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky |
How Cincinnati ranks in OH
Of 176 OH places with 10,000 people or more, Cincinnati (population 314,915, 3rd largest) ranks 171st for painting days, 17 days below the state median of 76. The longest season in the state is Euclid, 156 days, 231 miles northeast. The shortest is Reading at 59. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 42 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Cina Municipal Airport/Lukn Fd Airport (5.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.