Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.8717, -98.4845
- Elevation
- 543 m above sea level
- Region
- Kansas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1842 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
This page answers what time it is in Salem, Kansas, United States right now, 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
Local time in Salem, Kansas.
Sunrise 7:20 AM Solar noon 12:20 PM Sunset 5:20 PM Daylight 10 h 00 min Night 14 h 00 min Civil twilight 6:51 AM – 5:49 PM
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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.
12 postal codes are in use across Salem.
The zone applied in Salem is America/Chicago with offset UTC−6. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: No.
Salem sees the sun rise at 7:20 AM and set at 5:20 PM today. Daylight runs for 10 h 00 min.
No adjustment is needed moving between Salem, Esbon and Lebanon.