Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 38.6056, -86.1011
- Elevation
- 229 m above sea level
- Population
- 6 217
- Region
- Indiana
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 786 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Indiana, United States
The current hour and minute in Salem, Indiana, United States are shown here, in the America/Indiana/Indianapolis zone (−4).
Salem, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/Indiana/Indianapolis
Local time in Salem
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Salem, Indiana.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:55 AM Solar noon 1:31 PM Sunset 7:07 PM Daylight 11 h 11 min Night 12 h 49 min Civil twilight 7:29 AM – 7:33 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 Indiana
- Indianapolis 887 642
- Fort Wayne 260 326
- Evansville 119 943
- South Bend 101 516
- Carmel 88 713
- Bloomington 84 067
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/Indiana/Indianapolis
- Indianapolis United States
Nearby places
- Washington County — 0.7 km
- Fair Acres — 1.0 km
- Martin Heights — 1.0 km
- McCol Place — 1.2 km
- Highland — 5.4 km
- Canton — 6.1 km
Local time details for Salem
Deliveries to Salem are sorted by 12 postal codes.
Salem sits under America/Indiana/Indianapolis, which puts local clocks at UTC−4. Daylight saving in use: Yes.
The sun breaks the horizon at Salem at 7:55 AM and leaves it at 7:07 PM. Daylight comes to 11 h 11 min.
Salem shares its time with neighbouring Washington County and Fair Acres.
Questions and answers
- Which zone should be used to show the time in Salem?
- Use America/Indiana/Indianapolis to show the time in Salem; its offset is −4.
- Is a seasonal hour added to the clock in Salem?
- Yes.
- What is the local sunrise time in Salem?
- Local sunrise is 7:55 AM.