PaintDays

When to paint a house exterior in Pearland, TX

When to paint in Pearland, TX

A normal season: plan the job, do not leave it late. The painting window is March to May, with 5 good months a year. The best month is April, at about 18 painting days. Book a painter by January.

If you want the house done in March to May, call for quotes in January 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 Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec.

  1. 5Jan
  2. 8Feb
  3. 16Mar
  4. 18Apr
  5. 16May
  6. 3Jun
  7. 1Jul
  8. 1Aug
  9. 5Sep
  10. 17Oct
  11. 13Nov
  12. 7Dec

Month by month

MonthPainting daysStaining daysWith low-temp paintAvg low / high
January551647° / 66°F
February871551° / 70°F
March16152058° / 76°F
April18162063° / 81°F
May16121671° / 87°F
June33376° / 92°F
July11178° / 95°F
August1under 1178° / 95°F
September55574° / 91°F
October17171965° / 84°F
November13111956° / 75°F
December761651° / 70°F

Deck stain does best in October. Low-temperature paint adds about 40 days a year here.

Towns near Pearland compared

1 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Pasadena (177 a year, 12 miles northeast); 2 get fewer, down to 67 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. Friendswood, Alvin are read from the same station as Pearland, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.

PlaceFrom PearlandPainting days a yearWindowStation
Manvel, TX5 mi southwest67OctoberHouston Southwest Airport
Friendswood, TX8 mi southeast108March to Maysame station
South Houston, TX9 mi northeast109March to MayWilliam P. Hobby Airport
Iowa Colony, TX10 mi southwest67OctoberHouston Southwest Airport
Alvin, TX11 mi southeast108March to Maysame station
Pasadena, TX12 mi northeast177March to MayEllington Field Airport

How Pearland ranks in TX

Of 252 TX places with 10,000 people or more, Pearland (population 129,620, 30th largest) ranks 34th for painting days, 20 days above the state median of 89. The longest season in the state is Pasadena, 177 days, 12 miles northeast. The shortest is Town of Pecos at 38. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 40 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.

Where these numbers come from

Daily records from Clover Field Airport (5.5 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.