When to paint a house exterior in Cocoa Beach, FL
When to paint in Cocoa Beach, FL
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is January to May, with 8 good months a year. The best month is March, at about 21 painting days. Book a painter by November.
If you want the house done in January to May, call for quotes in November 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.
- 13Jan
- 14Feb
- 21Mar
- 19Apr
- 19May
- 10Jun
- 8Jul
- 7Aug
- 13Sep
- 14Oct
- 15Nov
- 11Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 13 | 13 | 19 | 55° / 74°F |
| February | 14 | 13 | 16 | 59° / 77°F |
| March | 21 | 21 | 22 | 63° / 80°F |
| April | 19 | 16 | 19 | 68° / 83°F |
| May | 19 | 16 | 19 | 72° / 85°F |
| June | 10 | 7 | 10 | 75° / 88°F |
| July | 8 | 6 | 8 | 78° / 90°F |
| August | 7 | 6 | 7 | 78° / 90°F |
| September | 13 | 9 | 13 | 77° / 88°F |
| October | 14 | 11 | 14 | 73° / 85°F |
| November | 15 | 12 | 15 | 67° / 80°F |
| December | 11 | 11 | 14 | 60° / 76°F |
Deck stain does best in March. Low-temperature paint adds about 11 days a year here.
Towns near Cocoa Beach compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cocoa (224 a year, 9 miles west); 2 get 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. Rockledge, Satellite Beach are read from the same station as Cocoa Beach, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Cocoa Beach | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cape Canaveral, FL | 5 mi north | 167 | February to May | Cocoa Beach Cape Kennedy Afs |
| Rockledge, FL | 7 mi west | 165 | January to May | same station |
| Cocoa, FL | 9 mi west | 224 | September to May | Space Coast Regional Airport |
| Satellite Beach, FL | 11 mi south | 165 | January to May | same station |
| Melbourne, FL | 15 mi south | 145 | February to May | Melbourne International Airport |
| West Melbourne, FL | 19 mi south | 145 | February to May | Melbourne International Airport |
How Cocoa Beach ranks in FL
Of 173 FL places with 10,000 people or more, Cocoa Beach (population 11,386, 164th largest) ranks 19th for painting days, 20 days above the state median of 145. The longest season in the state is North Port, 226 days, 130 miles southwest. The shortest is Crestview at 69. Low-temperature paint only adds 11 days here, so the season is set by heat, rain or dew rather than cold nights.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Patrick Air Force Base Airport (6.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.