When to paint a house exterior in Dallas, TX
When to paint in Dallas, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to May, with 4 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by January.
If you want the house done in March to May, call for quotes in January 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 Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 3Jan
- 6Feb
- 13Mar
- 17Apr
- 13May
- 2Jun
- 1Jul
- 1Aug
- 7Sep
- 16Oct
- 10Nov
- 5Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 3 | 3 | 14 | 39° / 59°F |
| February | 6 | 5 | 15 | 42° / 64°F |
| March | 13 | 9 | 20 | 52° / 73°F |
| April | 17 | 14 | 20 | 58° / 79°F |
| May | 13 | 9 | 13 | 67° / 86°F |
| June | 2 | 1 | 2 | 75° / 93°F |
| July | 1 | 1 | 1 | 79° / 98°F |
| August | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 79° / 98°F |
| September | 7 | 7 | 7 | 72° / 92°F |
| October | 16 | 16 | 18 | 61° / 82°F |
| November | 10 | 10 | 20 | 49° / 70°F |
| December | 5 | 5 | 17 | 44° / 63°F |
Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 56 days a year here.
Towns near Dallas compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Farmers Branch (142 a year, 11 miles northwest). 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. University Park is read from the same station as Dallas, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Dallas | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University Park, TX | 4 mi northwest | 92 | March to May | same station |
| Balch Springs, TX | 10 mi southeast | 106 | April to May | Mesquite Metropolitan Airport |
| Mesquite, TX | 11 mi east | 106 | April to May | Mesquite Metropolitan Airport |
| Garland, TX | 11 mi northeast | 90 | April to May | Ralph M Hall Rockwall Municip |
| Farmers Branch, TX | 11 mi northwest | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
| Addison, TX | 12 mi north | 142 | March to May | Addison Airport |
How Dallas ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Dallas (population 1,326,087, 3rd largest) ranks 93rd for painting days, 4 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 237 miles southeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 56 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dallas Love Field Airport (6.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.