When to paint a house exterior in Gilroy, CA
When to paint in Gilroy, 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 21 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
- 2Mar
- 6Apr
- 15May
- 19Jun
- 21Jul
- 20Aug
- 17Sep
- 13Oct
- 4Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 13 | 40° / 62°F |
| February | 1 | under 1 | 17 | 39° / 64°F |
| March | 2 | 2 | 22 | 43° / 67°F |
| April | 6 | 6 | 27 | 46° / 73°F |
| May | 15 | 15 | 27 | 50° / 77°F |
| June | 19 | 19 | 21 | 54° / 84°F |
| July | 21 | 20 | 21 | 57° / 87°F |
| August | 20 | 19 | 20 | 58° / 87°F |
| September | 17 | 17 | 21 | 55° / 86°F |
| October | 13 | 12 | 27 | 50° / 81°F |
| November | 4 | 2 | 23 | 42° / 69°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 13 | 38° / 61°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 132 days a year here.
Towns near Gilroy compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in San Jose (199 a year, 24 miles northwest); 2 get 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. Morgan Hill is read from the same station as Gilroy, so its numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Gilroy | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morgan Hill, CA | 9 mi north | 119 | May to October | same station |
| Watsonville, CA | 12 mi southwest | 80 | June to September | Watsonville Municipal Airport |
| Hollister, CA | 15 mi southeast | 126 | May to September | Hollister Municipal Airport |
| Salinas, CA | 22 mi south | 152 | May to September | Salinas Municipal Airport |
| San Jose, CA | 24 mi northwest | 199 | April to October | Reid-Hillview Airport Of Sant |
| Scotts Valley, CA | 24 mi west | 80 | June to September | Watsonville Municipal Airport |
How Gilroy ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Gilroy (population 60,390, 150th largest) ranks 201st for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 249 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 132 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from South County Airport Of Santa (5.3 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.