When to paint a house exterior in Palm Springs, CA
When to paint in Palm Springs, CA
A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is February to March, with 3 good months a year. The best month is November, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by December.
If you want the house done in February to March, call for quotes in December or earlier; a job pushed past March is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 7Jan
- 13Feb
- 15Mar
- 12Apr
- 8May
- 1Jun
- under 1Jul
- under 1Aug
- 1Sep
- 9Oct
- 17Nov
- 7Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 7 | 5 | 27 | 46° / 72°F |
| February | 13 | 11 | 25 | 49° / 76°F |
| March | 15 | 13 | 22 | 53° / 82°F |
| April | 12 | 11 | 13 | 59° / 91°F |
| May | 8 | 5 | 8 | 64° / 96°F |
| June | 1 | 1 | 1 | 74° / 107°F |
| July | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 81° / 112°F |
| August | under 1 | under 1 | under 1 | 81° / 111°F |
| September | 1 | under 1 | 1 | 74° / 104°F |
| October | 9 | 9 | 9 | 64° / 94°F |
| November | 17 | 16 | 25 | 53° / 81°F |
| December | 7 | 7 | 28 | 47° / 73°F |
Deck stain does best in November. Low-temperature paint adds about 70 days a year here.
Towns near Palm Springs compared
2 get fewer, down to 41 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. Cathedral City, Rancho Mirage, Desert Hot Springs, Palm Desert are read from the same station as Palm Springs, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Palm Springs | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathedral City, CA | 5 mi northeast | 88 | February to March | same station |
| Rancho Mirage, CA | 7 mi southeast | 88 | February to March | same station |
| Desert Hot Springs, CA | 11 mi north | 88 | February to March | same station |
| Palm Desert, CA | 11 mi southeast | 88 | February to March | same station |
| Indio, CA | 18 mi east | 41 | March to April | Desert Resorts Rgnl Airport |
| La Quinta, CA | 19 mi southeast | 41 | March to April | Desert Resorts Rgnl Airport |
How Palm Springs ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Palm Springs (population 45,453, 194th largest) ranks 251st for painting days, 40 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 120 miles west. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 70 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Palm Springs International Airport (2.4 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.