When to paint a house exterior in Coronado, CA
When to paint in Coronado, CA
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is March to November, with 9 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 28 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to November, call for quotes in January or earlier; a job pushed past November is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov.
- 4Jan
- 8Feb
- 14Mar
- 23Apr
- 26May
- 25Jun
- 25Jul
- 28Aug
- 25Sep
- 23Oct
- 13Nov
- 5Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 4 | 2 | 20 | 48° / 67°F |
| February | 8 | 7 | 21 | 49° / 68°F |
| March | 14 | 8 | 21 | 52° / 68°F |
| April | 23 | 18 | 25 | 55° / 70°F |
| May | 26 | 25 | 27 | 58° / 68°F |
| June | 25 | 24 | 25 | 61° / 71°F |
| July | 25 | 21 | 25 | 65° / 75°F |
| August | 28 | 26 | 28 | 67° / 78°F |
| September | 25 | 24 | 25 | 65° / 78°F |
| October | 23 | 19 | 24 | 60° / 77°F |
| November | 13 | 8 | 23 | 51° / 72°F |
| December | 5 | 3 | 20 | 47° / 67°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 64 days a year here.
Towns near Coronado compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Imperial Beach (224 a year, 7 miles south); 4 get fewer, down to 179 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. National City is read from the same station as Coronado, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Coronado | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National City, CA | 3 mi east | 219 | March to November | same station |
| Imperial Beach, CA | 7 mi south | 224 | March to November | Naval Auxiliary Landing Fd |
| Chula Vista, CA | 8 mi east | 179 | May to October | Brown Field Municipal Airport |
| Lemon Grove, CA | 9 mi northeast | 187 | April to October | Gillespie Field Airport |
| La Mesa, CA | 11 mi northeast | 187 | April to October | Gillespie Field Airport |
| San Diego, CA | 12 mi north | 208 | April to November | Montgomery Field Airport |
How Coronado ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Coronado (population 18,031, 311th largest) ranks 79th for painting days, 91 days above the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 144 miles northwest. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 64 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from North Island Naval Air Station (3.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.