When to paint a house exterior in Gallup, NM
When to paint in Gallup, NM
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 6 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. No month here reliably has the dry back-to-back days deck stain needs, so consider a solid stain or a sealer you can apply in shorter breaks.
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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 | 14° / 47°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 17° / 53°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 23° / 61°F |
| April | under 1 | under 1 | 5 | 28° / 69°F |
| May | 1 | 1 | 14 | 36° / 77°F |
| June | 2 | 2 | 14 | 47° / 89°F |
| July | 4 | 2 | 5 | 54° / 92°F |
| August | 6 | 2 | 10 | 53° / 89°F |
| September | 2 | 1 | 16 | 44° / 84°F |
| October | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 31° / 72°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 20° / 59°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 1 | 14° / 50°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 59 days a year here.
Towns near Gallup compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Rio Rancho (62 a year, 116 miles east). 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 Gallup | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
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| Farmington, NM | 91 mi north | 23 | September | Four Corners Regional Airport |
| Show Low, AZ | 113 mi southwest | 15 | September | Winslow-Lindbergh Regional Airport |
| Rio Rancho, NM | 116 mi east | 62 | May | Albuquerque International Sunport Airport |
| Los Lunas, NM | 121 mi southeast | 41 | May | Belen Rgnl Airport |
| Albuquerque, NM | 122 mi east | 62 | May | Albuquerque International Sunport Airport |
| Durango, CO | 130 mi north | 17 | August | Dura-La Plata County Airport |
How Gallup ranks in NM
Of 19 NM places with 10,000 people or more, Gallup (population 20,339, 11th largest) ranks 19th for painting days, 30 days below the state median of 46. The longest season in the state is Española, 102 days, 154 miles east. No place in NM has a shorter one. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 59 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Gallup Municipal Airport (2.8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.