Exterior paint costs in Sacramento
Here’s the ballpark for common exterior paint jobs around Sacramento, CA. Want one for your own project? A photo is all it takes.
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What it usually costs
- Repaint the whole house$2.00 – $5.00 per sq ft
- Paint just the trim and shutters$1.60 – $6.40 per sq ft
A ballpark, not a quote. Some of these are national averages adjusted for Sacramento prices, so your job could land outside them.
Exterior paint in Sacramento
Drive around Sacramento and you can read the decades in the siding. Census surveys of new houses in the West show how much it changed. In 1979, wood was the main wall material on 47% of new single-family homes. By 2025, wood was down to 7%, with stucco at 55% and fiber cement at 31%.
Sacramento has plenty of both eras. Roughly 43% of the metro's homes predate 1980, and about 28% are 2000 or newer. In fact, no decade left more standing homes than the 2000s.
The calendar is easy to read, too. June through September brings only about half an inch of rain combined at the executive airport, and November through March delivers most of the year's 17. Summer is dry enough that weather rarely stops a crew; heat is the bigger worry on those afternoons.
The real difference is what your walls are made of. Wood siding and trim show their age as peeling paint and open joints. Stucco shows it as faded color and hairline cracks. The two get prepped in different ways, so know which one you have, and what your trim is made of, before anyone starts.
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