When to paint a house exterior in El Paso, TX
When to paint in El Paso, TX
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is April to May, with 3 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by February.
If you want the house done in April to May, call for quotes in February 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 Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 7Mar
- 15Apr
- 13May
- 2Jun
- under 1Jul
- 2Aug
- 8Sep
- 15Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 6 | 31° / 60°F |
| February | 2 | 2 | 13 | 36° / 67°F |
| March | 7 | 6 | 25 | 44° / 74°F |
| April | 15 | 15 | 26 | 52° / 82°F |
| May | 13 | 11 | 14 | 61° / 90°F |
| June | 2 | 2 | 2 | 70° / 98°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 73° / 98°F |
| August | 2 | 1 | 2 | 71° / 96°F |
| September | 8 | 7 | 8 | 64° / 91°F |
| October | 15 | 14 | 24 | 53° / 82°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 20 | 41° / 70°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 11 | 34° / 62°F |
Deck stain does best in April. Low-temperature paint adds about 84 days a year here.
Towns near El Paso compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Sunland Park (89 a year, 10 miles west); 4 get fewer, down to 55 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.
| Place | From El Paso | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sunland Park, NM | 10 mi west | 89 | April to May | Dona Ana County International Jetport |
| Socorro, TX | 18 mi southeast | 63 | April | El Paso International Airport |
| Horizon City, TX | 18 mi southeast | 63 | April | El Paso International Airport |
| San Elizario, TX | 21 mi southeast | 63 | April | El Paso International Airport |
| Las Cruces, NM | 39 mi northwest | 55 | October | Las Cruces International Airport |
| Alamogordo, NM | 77 mi north | 71 | September to October | Alamogordo-White Sands Rgl Airport |
How El Paso ranks in TX
Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, El Paso (population 681,723, 6th largest) ranks 230th for painting days, 22 days below the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 686 miles east. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 84 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Biggs Army Airfield / Fort Bliss Texas Us (3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.