Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.3504, -87.2622
- Elevation
- 47 m above sea level
- Region
- Alabama
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1175 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Alabama, United States
The current local time in Salem, Alabama, United States is displayed here for the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Salem, United States
Thursday, 29 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Salem, Alabama.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:05 AM Solar noon 12:34 PM Sunset 6:03 PM Daylight 10 h 58 min Night 13 h 02 min Civil twilight 6:39 AM – 6:28 PM
Weather in Salem right now
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Salem and its neighbours
Postal codes
- 01970
- 01971
- 03079
- 06420
- 08079
- 12865
- 24153
- 24155
- 24157
- 26426
- 29676
- 32356
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 Alabama
- Huntsville 215 006
- Birmingham 196 357
- Montgomery 195 287
- Mobile 183 289
- Tuscaloosa 111 338
- Hoover 84 848
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
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Bogue Chitto — 4.2 km
- Orrville — 5.1 km
- Eleanor — 5.5 km
- Hazen — 5.6 km
- Martin — 5.9 km
- Brookwood — 6.0 km
About the time in Salem
Salem observes America/Chicago time, currently expressed as UTC−5. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Today the sun rises over Salem at 7:05 AM and sets at 6:03 PM. That is 10 h 58 min of daylight in all.
Bogue Chitto and Orrville, both nearby, hold the same time as Salem.
Within Salem, postal codes number 12.
Questions and answers
- What zone is used to calculate the time in Salem?
- The time in Salem is calculated using America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Do people in Salem set their clocks forward in spring?
- Daylight saving in Salem: Yes.
- What time is sunset in Salem?
- It is 6:03 PM.