When to paint a house exterior in Fairfield, CA
When to paint in Fairfield, CA
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is May to October, with 6 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 23 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to October, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past October 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.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 5Mar
- 11Apr
- 21May
- 23Jun
- 22Jul
- 21Aug
- 19Sep
- 15Oct
- 3Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 8 | 42° / 59°F |
| February | 1 | 1 | 16 | 42° / 63°F |
| March | 5 | 3 | 22 | 46° / 66°F |
| April | 11 | 7 | 27 | 49° / 72°F |
| May | 21 | 21 | 28 | 53° / 76°F |
| June | 23 | 23 | 24 | 57° / 83°F |
| July | 22 | 20 | 22 | 59° / 86°F |
| August | 21 | 19 | 21 | 59° / 86°F |
| September | 19 | 19 | 19 | 57° / 86°F |
| October | 15 | 15 | 26 | 52° / 79°F |
| November | 3 | 2 | 18 | 43° / 66°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 39° / 58°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 95 days a year here.
Towns near Fairfield compared
5 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. Suisun City is read from the same station as Fairfield, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Fairfield | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suisun City, CA | 2 mi southeast | 140 | May to October | same station |
| Vacaville, CA | 8 mi northeast | 51 | May | Nut Tree Airport |
| American Canyon, CA | 14 mi southwest | 96 | June to September | Napa County Airport |
| Benicia, CA | 15 mi southwest | 106 | August to October | Buchanan Field Airport |
| Napa, CA | 15 mi west | 96 | June to September | Napa County Airport |
| Vallejo, CA | 16 mi southwest | 96 | June to September | Napa County Airport |
How Fairfield ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Fairfield (population 122,646, 52nd largest) ranks 180th for painting days, 12 days above the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 330 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 95 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from San Francisco Bay Reserve (3.2 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.