When to paint a house exterior in Villa Rica, GA
When to paint in Villa Rica, GA
A short season: book early and expect weather delays. The painting window is May, with 2 good months a year. The best month is May, at about 15 painting days. Book a painter by March.
If you want the house done in May, call for quotes in March 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 Apr, May, Jun, Sep, Oct.
- 1Jan
- 2Feb
- 3Mar
- 6Apr
- 15May
- 10Jun
- 3Jul
- 7Aug
- 13Sep
- 11Oct
- 3Nov
- under 1Dec
Month by month
| Month | Painting days | Staining days | With low-temp paint | Avg low / high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 1 | 1 | 4 | 33° / 57°F |
| February | 2 | 1 | 4 | 38° / 63°F |
| March | 3 | 3 | 12 | 43° / 70°F |
| April | 6 | 5 | 17 | 48° / 77°F |
| May | 15 | 11 | 18 | 58° / 83°F |
| June | 10 | 8 | 10 | 66° / 89°F |
| July | 3 | 2 | 3 | 70° / 92°F |
| August | 7 | 3 | 7 | 69° / 91°F |
| September | 13 | 13 | 14 | 64° / 87°F |
| October | 11 | 10 | 21 | 52° / 78°F |
| November | 3 | 3 | 13 | 42° / 67°F |
| December | under 1 | under 1 | 6 | 38° / 61°F |
Deck stain does best in September. Low-temperature paint adds about 57 days a year here.
Towns near Villa Rica compared
3 of the 6 nearest places get more painting days, the most in South Fulton (95 a year, 20 miles east); 1 gets fewer, down to 65 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. Douglasville, Mableton are read from the same station as Villa Rica, so their numbers match; the real difference is the distance from that station.
| Place | From Villa Rica | Painting days a year | Window | Station |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Douglasville, GA | 12 mi east | 73 | May | same station |
| Dallas, GA | 14 mi north | 80 | May to June | Cartersville Airport |
| Carrollton, GA | 14 mi southwest | 65 | May | Pchtre Cty-Falcon Field Airport |
| Powder Springs, GA | 16 mi northeast | 82 | May | Dobbins Air Reserve Base Airport |
| South Fulton, GA | 20 mi east | 95 | September to October | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta In |
| Mableton, GA | 20 mi east | 73 | May | same station |
How Villa Rica ranks in GA
Of 101 GA places with 10,000 people or more, Villa Rica (population 20,095, 59th largest) ranks 84th for painting days, 8 days below the state median of 81. The longest season in the state is McDonough, 144 days, 48 miles southeast. The shortest is Cedartown at 56. Switching to low-temperature paint here is worth 57 extra days, more than most of the summer months on their own.
Where these numbers come from
Daily records from Fulton County-Brown Field Airport (23 miles away), 2015 to 2024, NOAA Global Summary of the Day. A month is good at 12+ painting days and possible at 6+.