When to paint a house exterior in Durango, CO
When to paint in Durango, CO
Exterior painting here is a gamble in any month. The painting window is August, and even that is thin, with 0 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 8 painting days. Book a painter by June.
If you want the house done in August, call for quotes in June or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Aug.
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Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
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| January | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 10° / 39°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 15° / 46°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 22° / 55°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 27° / 65°F |
| May | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 34° / 73°F |
| June | 2 | 2 | 17 | 44° / 86°F |
| July | 5 | 3 | 11 | 52° / 89°F |
| August | 8 | 7 | 17 | 50° / 87°F |
| September | 1 | 1 | 18 | 42° / 80°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 31° / 68°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 54°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 13° / 43°F |
Deck stain does best in August. Low-temperature paint adds about 63 days a year here.
Towns near Durango compared
5 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Española (102 a year, 133 miles southeast). 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.
| Place | From Durango | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Farmington, NM | 39 mi southwest | 23 | September | Four Corners Regional Airport |
| Montrose, CO | 83 mi north | 33 | August to September | Montrose Regional Airport |
| Gallup, NM | 130 mi south | 15 | August | Gallup Municipal Airport |
| Grand Junction, CO | 132 mi north | 29 | May | Grand Junction Regional Airport |
| Española, NM | 133 mi southeast | 102 | May to September | Los Alamos Airport |
| Fruita, CO | 139 mi north | 29 | May | Grand Junction Regional Airport |
How Durango ranks in CO
Of 53 CO places with 10,000 people or more, Durango (population 19,811, 34th largest) ranks 50th for painting days, 19 days below the state median of 36. The longest season in the state is Cañon City, 71 days, 166 miles northeast. The shortest is Glenwood Springs at 12. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 63 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dura-La Plata County Airport (10.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.