Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.6270, -88.9456
- Elevation
- 165 m above sea level
- Population
- 7 287
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1032 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Illinois, United States
This page shows the time of day in Salem, Illinois, United States as it stands now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Salem, United States
Sunday, 25 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 7:16 AM Solar noon 12:41 PM Sunset 6:06 PM Daylight 10 h 50 min Night 13 h 10 min Civil twilight 6:49 AM – 6:33 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 Illinois
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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
- Marion County — 3.4 km
- Selmaville — 4.9 km
- Tonti — 5.1 km
- Bannister — 7.5 km
- Odin — 9.3 km
- Brubaker — 9.5 km
Local time details for Salem
Sunrise today in Salem lands at 7:16 AM; sunset lands at 6:06 PM. That is 10 h 50 min of light.
Salem, Marion County and Selmaville all run on one and the same time.
12 postal codes have been allocated to Salem.
Salem carries the America/Chicago zone, offset UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is applied: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Salem observe?
- Salem observes America/Chicago, whose offset is −5.
- Does Salem stay on standard time all year?
- Daylight saving in Salem: Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Salem?
- Local sunrise is 7:16 AM.