Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.5974, -89.3490
- Elevation
- 152 m above sea level
- Region
- Mississippi
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1312 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Mississippi, United States
The clock on this page follows the local time of Salem, Mississippi, United States, in the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Salem, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Salem keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:22 AM Solar noon 11:42 AM Sunset 5:03 PM Daylight 10 h 41 min Night 13 h 19 min Civil twilight 5:56 AM – 5:28 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
- Sebastopol — 3.0 km
- High Hill — 4.2 km
- Damascus — 6.0 km
- Kitchener — 6.2 km
- Hays — 6.8 km
- Rosebud — 7.0 km
Local time details for Salem
Salem sits in the America/Chicago time zone, which runs at UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Sunrise reaches Salem at 6:22 AM, and the sun sets at 5:03 PM. Light lasts 10 h 41 min.
The time in Salem is also the time in nearby Sebastopol and High Hill.
Postal codes valid in Salem number 12.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone is observed in Salem?
- Salem observes the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does Salem adjust its clocks for part of the year?
- No.
- What time will the sun rise in Salem today?
- Today it rises at 6:22 AM.