Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.6290, -92.5582
- Elevation
- 143 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 607
- Region
- Arkansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1460 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Arkansas, United States
Below is the local time in Salem, Arkansas, United States, kept in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Salem, United States
Sunday, 15 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Salem.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:45 AM Solar noon 11:56 AM Sunset 5:07 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:18 AM – 5:34 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
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- 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
- Congo — 4.3 km
- Edgewood — 5.1 km
- Bauxite Junction — 6.2 km
- Avilla — 6.5 km
- Careywood — 6.5 km
- Gibbons (historical) — 7.1 km
Salem: clock, sun and surroundings
12 postal codes correspond to Salem.
The time zone assigned to Salem is America/Chicago, held at UTC−6. Daylight saving time applies: No.
Today's times for Salem: the sun is up at 6:45 AM and down at 5:07 PM. That means 10 h 22 min of daylight.
Both Congo and Edgewood are near Salem and keep its time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is Salem in?
- Salem is in the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Do daylight saving time rules cover Salem?
- Daylight saving time in Salem: No.
- What time is first light in Salem?
- The sun rises at 6:45 AM.