Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 42.3445, -89.7790
- Elevation
- 290 m above sea level
- Region
- Illinois
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1140 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Illinois, United States
This page displays how late it is in Salem, Illinois, United States, in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Salem, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Salem, Illinois.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:14 AM Solar noon 12:46 PM Sunset 6:17 PM Daylight 11 h 03 min Night 12 h 57 min Civil twilight 6:46 AM – 6:46 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
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
- Eleroy — 2.0 km
- Lena — 5.3 km
- Stephenson Mobile Home Estates — 5.7 km
- Damascus — 6.7 km
- Yellow Creek — 7.7 km
- Scioto Mills — 9.2 km
About the time in Salem
Salem reads its time from America/Chicago, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Expect sunrise at 7:14 AM and sunset at 6:17 PM in Salem today. Daylight adds up to 11 h 03 min.
Time in Eleroy and Lena, both close to Salem, runs the same.
Postal codes assigned across Salem total 12.
Questions and answers
- Is the local time in Salem based on America/Chicago?
- Yes, local time in Salem is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Salem follow daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- When do sunrise and sunset happen in Salem?
- Sunrise is at 7:14 AM and sunset at 6:17 PM.