When to paint a house exterior in Rio Vista, CA
When to paint in Rio Vista, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May to June, with 2 good months a year. The best month is June, at about 14 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May to June, call for quotes in March or earlier; a job pushed past June is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- 1Mar
- 3Apr
- 13May
- 14Jun
- 10Jul
- 11Aug
- 11Sep
- 7Oct
- 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 39° / 61°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 10 | 38° / 66°F |
| March | 1 | 1 | 16 | 42° / 68°F |
| April | 3 | 2 | 22 | 45° / 75°F |
| May | 13 | 12 | 22 | 50° / 81°F |
| June | 14 | 14 | 15 | 55° / 90°F |
| July | 10 | 10 | 10 | 57° / 94°F |
| August | 11 | 7 | 11 | 58° / 93°F |
| September | 11 | 11 | 13 | 56° / 91°F |
| October | 7 | 7 | 22 | 49° / 84°F |
| November | 1 | under 1 | 13 | 39° / 69°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 37° / 61°F |
Deck stain does best in June. Low-temperature paint adds about 91 days a year here.
Towns near Rio Vista compared
6 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Suisun City (140 a year, 17 miles west). 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.
| Place | From Rio Vista | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oakley, CA | 12 mi south | 106 | August to October | Buchanan Field Airport |
| Antioch, CA | 15 mi south | 106 | August to October | Buchanan Field Airport |
| Pittsburg, CA | 15 mi southwest | 106 | August to October | Buchanan Field Airport |
| Brentwood, CA | 17 mi south | 85 | May to September | Livermore Municipal Airport |
| Suisun City, CA | 17 mi west | 140 | May to October | San Francisco Bay Reserve |
| Fairfield, CA | 19 mi west | 140 | May to October | San Francisco Bay Reserve |
How Rio Vista ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Rio Vista (population 10,248, 373rd largest) ranks 287th for painting days, 56 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 315 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 91 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Travis Air Force Base (13.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.