When to paint a house exterior in Duluth, GA
When to paint in Duluth, GA
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 September, at about 16 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, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 3Feb
- 5Mar
- 11Apr
- 16May
- 15Jun
- 7Jul
- 11Aug
- 16Sep
- 12Oct
- 4Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | under 1 | 7 | 33° / 55°F |
| February | 3 | 2 | 8 | 38° / 61°F |
| March | 5 | 3 | 15 | 44° / 68°F |
| April | 11 | 6 | 21 | 49° / 75°F |
| May | 16 | 8 | 19 | 58° / 82°F |
| June | 15 | 9 | 15 | 66° / 88°F |
| July | 7 | 2 | 7 | 70° / 90°F |
| August | 11 | 5 | 11 | 69° / 89°F |
| September | 16 | 12 | 17 | 64° / 85°F |
| October | 12 | 9 | 22 | 52° / 77°F |
| November | 4 | 3 | 14 | 42° / 66°F |
| December | 1 | under 1 | 9 | 37° / 58°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 62 days a year here.
Towns near Duluth compared
5 get fewer, down to 74 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. Suwanee is read from the same station as Duluth, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Duluth | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johns Creek, GA | 4 mi northwest | 74 | May | Dekalb-Peachtree Airport |
| Peachtree Corners, GA | 5 mi southwest | 74 | May | Dekalb-Peachtree Airport |
| Norcross, GA | 5 mi southwest | 74 | May | Dekalb-Peachtree Airport |
| Suwanee, GA | 6 mi northeast | 100 | May to June | same station |
| Lilburn, GA | 8 mi south | 74 | May | Dekalb-Peachtree Airport |
| Alpharetta, GA | 8 mi northwest | 74 | May | Dekalb-Peachtree Airport |
How Duluth ranks in GA
Of 101 GA places with 10,000 people or more, Duluth (population 33,157, 38th largest) ranks 15th for painting days, 19 days above the state median of 81. The longest season in the state is McDonough, 144 days, 39 miles south. The shortest is Cedartown at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 62 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Gwinnett County-Briscoe Fd Airport (10.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.