When to paint a house exterior in Marietta, GA
When to paint in Marietta, GA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 2 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 16 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past May 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
- 2Feb
- 3Mar
- 8Apr
- 16May
- 11Jun
- 4Jul
- 9Aug
- 16Sep
- 11Oct
- 3Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 33° / 56°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 5 | 38° / 62°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 12 | 44° / 69°F |
| April | 8 | 6 | 19 | 49° / 76°F |
| May | 16 | 14 | 19 | 59° / 82°F |
| June | 11 | 8 | 11 | 66° / 88°F |
| July | 4 | 2 | 4 | 71° / 91°F |
| August | 9 | 4 | 9 | 70° / 89°F |
| September | 16 | 14 | 16 | 64° / 85°F |
| October | 11 | 10 | 22 | 52° / 77°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 14 | 42° / 66°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 37° / 59°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Marietta compared
2 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Kennesaw (113 a year, 7 miles northwest); 2 get fewer, down to 73 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. Smyrna, Powder Springs are read from the same station as Marietta, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Marietta | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smyrna, GA | 6 mi south | 82 | May | same station |
| Kennesaw, GA | 7 mi northwest | 113 | August to October | Cobb County-Mc Collum Field Airport |
| Mableton, GA | 10 mi south | 73 | May | Fulton County-Brown Field Airport |
| Powder Springs, GA | 10 mi southwest | 82 | May | same station |
| Sandy Springs, GA | 10 mi east | 74 | May | Dekalb-Peachtree Airport |
| Woodstock, GA | 10 mi north | 113 | August to October | Cobb County-Mc Collum Field Airport |
How Marietta ranks in GA
Of 101 GA places with 10,000 people or more, Marietta (population 63,122, 15th largest) ranks 46th for painting days, 1 day above the state median of 81. The longest season in the state is McDonough, 144 days, 42 miles southeast. The shortest is Cedartown at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Dobbins Air Reserve Base Airport (2.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.