Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.3712, -91.8226
- Elevation
- 202 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 634
- Region
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1330 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Arkansas, United States
Right now in Salem, Arkansas, United States the local time is the one shown here, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Salem, United States
Saturday, 31 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Salem keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:30 AM Solar noon 12:52 PM Sunset 6:14 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 7:04 AM – 6:40 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 Arkansas
- Little Rock 202 591
- Fort Smith 88 194
- Fayetteville 82 830
- Springdale 77 859
- Jonesboro 73 907
- North Little Rock 66 504
Other places named Salem
- Salem Tamil Nadu, India
- Salem Oregon, United States
- Salem Massachusetts, United States
- Salem New Hampshire, 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
- Fulton County — 1.2 km
- Wheeling — 6.7 km
- Fairview — 6.8 km
- Shady Grove — 8.1 km
- Camp — 9.2 km
- Flint Springs — 10.0 km
Salem: clock, sun and surroundings
12 postal codes divide Salem.
The time zone assigned to Salem is America/Chicago, held at UTC−5. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Sunrise time for Salem today is 7:30 AM; sunset time is 6:14 PM. Daylight fills 10 h 43 min.
Around Salem, places such as Fulton County and Wheeling use the same time.
Questions and answers
- Which local time zone does Salem follow?
- Salem follows America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Is the hour in Salem changed for daylight saving at any time of year?
- Yes.
- When does the sun appear in Salem?
- It appears at 7:30 AM.