When to paint a house exterior in Dixon, CA
When to paint in Dixon, CA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 4 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 4Mar
- 10Apr
- 18May
- 12Jun
- 7Jul
- 9Aug
- 14Sep
- 15Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 10 | 42° / 58°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 19 | 42° / 63°F |
| March | 4 | 3 | 25 | 45° / 66°F |
| April | 10 | 8 | 28 | 48° / 75°F |
| May | 18 | 17 | 26 | 52° / 82°F |
| June | 12 | 12 | 14 | 58° / 91°F |
| July | 7 | 7 | 7 | 59° / 95°F |
| August | 9 | 5 | 9 | 58° / 93°F |
| September | 14 | 14 | 16 | 57° / 90°F |
| October | 15 | 15 | 27 | 52° / 80°F |
| November | 4 | 4 | 22 | 43° / 65°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 10 | 41° / 57°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 114 days a year here.
Towns near Dixon compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Suisun City (140 a year, 17 miles southwest); 3 get fewer, down to 51 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. Davis is read from the same station as Dixon, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Dixon | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Davis, CA | 9 mi northeast | 97 | May to June | same station |
| Vacaville, CA | 10 mi southwest | 51 | May | Nut Tree Airport |
| Woodland, CA | 16 mi north | 60 | May | Sacramento International Airport |
| West Sacramento, CA | 17 mi northeast | 71 | May | Sacramento Executive Airport |
| Suisun City, CA | 17 mi southwest | 140 | May to October | San Francisco Bay Reserve |
| Fairfield, CA | 17 mi southwest | 140 | May to October | San Francisco Bay Reserve |
How Dixon ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Dixon (population 20,296, 296th largest) ranks 233rd for painting days, 30 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 334 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 114 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from University Airport (6.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.