When to paint a house exterior in Denver, CO
When to paint in Denver, CO
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is June to September, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 11 painting days. Book a painter by April.
If you want the house done in June to September, call for quotes in April or earlier; a job pushed past September is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jun, Sep.
- under 1Jan
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- under 1Apr
- 2May
- 7Jun
- 6Jul
- 8Aug
- 11Sep
- 2Oct
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 19° / 47°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 19° / 49°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 26° / 58°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 33° / 65°F |
| May | 2 | 2 | 15 | 42° / 72°F |
| June | 7 | 5 | 11 | 53° / 86°F |
| July | 6 | 3 | 6 | 59° / 91°F |
| August | 8 | 4 | 9 | 58° / 90°F |
| September | 11 | 8 | 20 | 51° / 85°F |
| October | 2 | 1 | 18 | 37° / 70°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 28° / 58°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 21° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 66 days a year here.
Towns near Denver compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Englewood (42 a year, 10 miles southwest); 1 gets fewer, down to 32 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. Aurora is read from the same station as Denver, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Denver | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aurora, CO | 9 mi southeast | 36 | June to September | same station |
| Commerce City, CO | 10 mi northeast | 32 | August to September | Denver International Airport |
| Englewood, CO | 10 mi southwest | 42 | June to September | Centennial Airport |
| Federal Heights, CO | 10 mi northwest | 36 | June to August | Erie Municipal Airport |
| Greenwood Village, CO | 10 mi south | 42 | June to September | Centennial Airport |
| Thornton, CO | 11 mi north | 36 | June to August | Erie Municipal Airport |
How Denver ranks in CO
Of 53 CO places with 10,000 people or more, Denver (population 729,019, 1st largest) ranks 28th for painting days, 1 day below the state median of 36. The longest season in the state is Cañon City, 71 days, 93 miles south. The shortest is Glenwood Springs at 12. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 66 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Buckley Air Force Base (7.6 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.