When to paint a house exterior in Los Gatos, CA
When to paint in Los Gatos, 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 Los Gatos compared
1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in San Jose (199 a year, 9 miles northeast). 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. Campbell, Saratoga, Cupertino, Santa Clara, Sunnyvale are read from the same station as Los Gatos, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Los Gatos | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell, CA | 3 mi north | 161 | May to October | same station |
| Saratoga, CA | 5 mi northwest | 161 | May to October | same station |
| Cupertino, CA | 8 mi northwest | 161 | May to October | same station |
| San Jose, CA | 9 mi northeast | 199 | April to October | Reid-Hillview Airport Of Sant |
| Santa Clara, CA | 9 mi north | 161 | May to October | same station |
| Sunnyvale, CA | 11 mi north | 161 | May to October | same station |
How Los Gatos ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Los Gatos (population 32,952, 228th largest) ranks 168th for painting days, 33 days above the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 274 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 (9.1 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.