When to paint a house exterior in Pasadena, CA
When to paint in Pasadena, CA
A long painting season, with room to reschedule. The painting window is February to December, with 11 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 30 painting days. Book a painter by December.
If you want the house done in February to December, call for quotes in December or earlier; a job pushed past December is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.
- 12Jan
- 17Feb
- 24Mar
- 27Apr
- 30May
- 25Jun
- 18Jul
- 15Aug
- 19Sep
- 25Oct
- 22Nov
- 12Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 12 | 10 | 31 | 48° / 69°F |
| February | 17 | 15 | 28 | 51° / 72°F |
| March | 24 | 22 | 30 | 53° / 73°F |
| April | 27 | 27 | 28 | 58° / 77°F |
| May | 30 | 30 | 30 | 60° / 76°F |
| June | 25 | 25 | 25 | 65° / 84°F |
| July | 18 | 18 | 18 | 69° / 90°F |
| August | 15 | 15 | 15 | 70° / 91°F |
| September | 19 | 19 | 19 | 68° / 88°F |
| October | 25 | 25 | 26 | 61° / 83°F |
| November | 22 | 20 | 28 | 54° / 76°F |
| December | 12 | 12 | 30 | 48° / 69°F |
Deck stain does best in May. Low-temperature paint adds about 62 days a year here.
Towns near Pasadena compared
1 gets fewer, down to 164 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. San Marino, South Pasadena, Sierra Madre, San Gabriel, Alhambra are read from the same station as Pasadena, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Pasadena | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Marino, CA | 3 mi southeast | 246 | February to December | same station |
| South Pasadena, CA | 4 mi south | 246 | February to December | same station |
| La Cañada Flintridge, CA | 5 mi northwest | 164 | April to October | Burbank-Glendale-Pasa Airport |
| Sierra Madre, CA | 5 mi east | 246 | February to December | same station |
| San Gabriel, CA | 5 mi southeast | 246 | February to December | same station |
| Alhambra, CA | 5 mi south | 246 | February to December | same station |
How Pasadena ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Pasadena (population 137,195, 45th largest) ranks 32nd for painting days, 118 days above the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 27 miles northwest. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 62 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from El Monte Airport (8 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.