When to paint a house exterior in Gainesville, GA
When to paint in Gainesville, GA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is May to June, with 3 good months a year. The best month is September, at about 17 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.
- under 1Jan
- 1Feb
- 4Mar
- 9Apr
- 15May
- 12Jun
- 6Jul
- 11Aug
- 17Sep
- 12Oct
- 3Nov
- 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 4 | 33° / 55°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 6 | 37° / 60°F |
| March | 4 | 3 | 13 | 43° / 68°F |
| April | 9 | 7 | 18 | 49° / 75°F |
| May | 15 | 11 | 18 | 59° / 81°F |
| June | 12 | 9 | 12 | 66° / 87°F |
| July | 6 | 4 | 6 | 70° / 90°F |
| August | 11 | 7 | 11 | 69° / 89°F |
| September | 17 | 15 | 17 | 64° / 85°F |
| October | 12 | 12 | 21 | 53° / 76°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 16 | 43° / 66°F |
| December | 1 | 1 | 6 | 38° / 58°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 58 days a year here.
Towns near Gainesville compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Cumming (119 a year, 18 miles west); 1 gets fewer, down to 80 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. Flowery Branch, Braselton are read from the same station as Gainesville, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Gainesville | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flowery Branch, GA | 10 mi southwest | 90 | May to June | same station |
| Braselton, GA | 13 mi south | 90 | May to June | same station |
| Buford, GA | 15 mi southwest | 100 | May to June | Gwinnett County-Briscoe Fd Airport |
| Jefferson, GA | 17 mi southeast | 80 | May to June | Jackson County Airport |
| Sugar Hill, GA | 18 mi southwest | 100 | May to June | Gwinnett County-Briscoe Fd Airport |
| Cumming, GA | 18 mi west | 119 | May to October | Cherokee County Airport |
How Gainesville ranks in GA
Of 101 GA places with 10,000 people or more, Gainesville (population 47,712, 21st largest) ranks 41st for painting days, 9 days above the state median of 81. The longest season in the state is McDonough, 144 days, 62 miles south. The shortest is Cedartown at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 58 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport (1.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.