Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.1682, -90.5412
- Elevation
- 95 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1430 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Mississippi, United States
You can see the current local time of Salem, Mississippi, United States on this page, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Salem, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Salem, Mississippi.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:07 AM Solar noon 12:49 PM Sunset 6:31 PM Daylight 11 h 25 min Night 12 h 35 min Civil twilight 6:42 AM – 6:56 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 Mississippi
- Jackson 153 701
- Gulfport 71 856
- West Gulfport 71 329
- Southaven 52 589
- Hattiesburg 46 805
- Biloxi 45 637
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
- Adams — 2.1 km
- Lebanon — 2.7 km
- Learned — 3.2 km
- Morning Star — 6.5 km
- Chapel Hill — 6.5 km
- Oakley — 6.6 km
Salem: clock, sun and surroundings
Salem reads its time from America/Chicago, placed at UTC−5. Whether daylight saving time is observed: Yes.
Sunrise arrives in Salem at 7:07 AM today and the sun goes down at 6:31 PM. That gives the day 11 h 25 min of light.
The time given for Salem holds for nearby Adams and Lebanon too.
Mail addressed to Salem uses 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Salem based on?
- The clock in Salem is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does Salem use summer time?
- Yes.
- What hour brings sunrise in Salem?
- The hour is 7:07 AM.