When to paint a house exterior in Fremont, CA
When to paint in Fremont, 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 July, at about 27 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.
- 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 4Mar
- 9Apr
- 22May
- 25Jun
- 27Jul
- 26Aug
- 22Sep
- 19Oct
- 5Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 17 | 42° / 63°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 19 | 42° / 66°F |
| March | 4 | 1 | 19 | 45° / 68°F |
| April | 9 | 9 | 25 | 48° / 73°F |
| May | 22 | 20 | 27 | 52° / 76°F |
| June | 25 | 24 | 26 | 56° / 83°F |
| July | 27 | 26 | 27 | 58° / 84°F |
| August | 26 | 26 | 26 | 60° / 85°F |
| September | 22 | 22 | 23 | 58° / 85°F |
| October | 19 | 18 | 26 | 53° / 80°F |
| November | 5 | 2 | 23 | 45° / 69°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 17 | 42° / 63°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 113 days a year here.
Towns near Fremont compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Newark (212 a year, 5 miles west). 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. Milpitas, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara are read from the same station as Fremont, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Fremont | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newark, CA | 5 mi west | 212 | April to October | Palo Alto Airport Of Santa Cl |
| Milpitas, CA | 5 mi southeast | 161 | May to October | same station |
| Union City, CA | 9 mi northwest | 202 | April to October | Hayward Executive Airport |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 9 mi southwest | 161 | May to October | same station |
| Santa Clara, CA | 9 mi south | 161 | May to October | same station |
| Mountain View, CA | 10 mi southwest | 212 | April to October | Palo Alto Airport Of Santa Cl |
How Fremont ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Fremont (population 228,192, 17th largest) ranks 162nd for painting days, 33 days above the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 287 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 113 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from N Y. Mineta Sn Jo International Airport (9.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.