Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 45.7675, -64.1180
- Region
- Nova Scotia
- Country
- Canada, North America
- Capital
- Ottawa — 901 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Nova Scotia, Canada
Below is the local time in Salem, Nova Scotia, Canada, kept in the America/Halifax zone (−3).
Salem, Canada
Wednesday, 21 October 2026
UTC−3 · America/Halifax
Local time in Salem
UTC−3 · daylight saving time is active
Salem keeps America/Halifax clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:42 AM Solar noon 1:02 PM Sunset 6:22 PM Daylight 10 h 40 min Night 13 h 20 min Civil twilight 7:12 AM – 6:53 PM
Weather in Salem right now
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Salem and its neighbours
Postal codes
- B4H Amherst — 9.6 km away
Postal codes come from the free GeoNames dataset. Where a code is listed with a distance, it belongs to a nearby settlement — GeoNames spells that name differently from ours.
Largest cities in Nova Scotia
- Halifax 471 559
- Sydney 105 968
- Dartmouth 101 343
- Lower Sackville 51 749
- Downtown Halifax 25 555
- Halifax West End 22 664
Other places named Salem
- Salem Tamil Nadu, India
- Salem Oregon, United States
- Salem New Hampshire, United States
- Salem Massachusetts, United States
- Salem New Hampshire, United States
Nearby places
- Stanley — 2.7 km
- Cumberland County — 4.2 km
- Brookdale — 5.3 km
- Fenwick — 5.4 km
- West Leicester — 6.0 km
- Hastings — 6.6 km
Local time details for Salem
The hours shown for Salem apply equally in Stanley and Cumberland County.
1 postal code have been allocated to Salem.
The zone applied in Salem is America/Halifax with offset UTC−3. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun rises here at 7:42 AM and sets at 6:22 PM in Salem today. Daylight adds up to 10 h 40 min.
Questions and answers
- Is America/Halifax the time zone for Salem?
- Yes, America/Halifax is the time zone for Salem, with an offset of −3.
- Does Salem follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When does the sun go down in Salem?
- Sunset in Salem is at 6:22 PM.