When to paint a house exterior in Santa Rosa, CA
When to paint in Santa Rosa, CA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is July to August, with 2 good months a year. The best month is August, at about 17 painting days. Book a painter by May.
If you want the house done in July to August, call for quotes in May or earlier; a job pushed past August is likely to wait until next year. For a deck, the months with enough staining days to spare are May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep.
- under 1Jan
- under 1Feb
- under 1Mar
- 1Apr
- 5May
- 10Jun
- 16Jul
- 17Aug
- 9Sep
- 2Oct
- under 1Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | under 1 | under 1 | 3 | 38° / 61°F |
| February | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 37° / 66°F |
| March | under 1 | under 1 | 12 | 39° / 67°F |
| April | 1 | 1 | 21 | 42° / 73°F |
| May | 5 | 5 | 24 | 46° / 77°F |
| June | 10 | 10 | 21 | 50° / 85°F |
| July | 16 | 15 | 22 | 51° / 87°F |
| August | 17 | 15 | 21 | 52° / 87°F |
| September | 9 | 9 | 18 | 50° / 87°F |
| October | 2 | 2 | 19 | 45° / 81°F |
| November | under 1 | under 1 | 9 | 38° / 69°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 2 | 36° / 60°F |
Deck stain does best in July. Low-temperature paint adds about 122 days a year here.
Towns near Santa Rosa compared
4 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in Napa (96 a year, 24 miles southeast). 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. Windsor, Healdsburg are read from the same station as Santa Rosa, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Santa Rosa | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rohnert Park, CA | 7 mi south | 90 | June to September | Petaluma Municipal Airport |
| Windsor, CA | 9 mi northwest | 60 | July to August | same station |
| Petaluma, CA | 15 mi south | 90 | June to September | Petaluma Municipal Airport |
| Healdsburg, CA | 15 mi northwest | 60 | July to August | same station |
| Sonoma, CA | 17 mi southeast | 90 | June to September | Petaluma Municipal Airport |
| Napa, CA | 24 mi southeast | 96 | June to September | Napa County Airport |
How Santa Rosa ranks in CA
Of 376 CA places with 10,000 people or more, Santa Rosa (population 177,524, 27th largest) ranks 302nd for painting days, 67 days below the state median of 128. The longest season in the state is Santa Clarita, 269 days, 363 miles southeast. The shortest is Susanville at 4. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 122 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Sonoma County Airport (6.9 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.