Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.5718, -75.4671
- Elevation
- 3 m above sea level
- Population
- 4 894
- Region
- New Jersey
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 155 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, New Jersey, United States
This page shows the time of day in Salem, New Jersey, United States as it stands now, in the America/New_York zone (−5).
Salem, United States
Saturday, 7 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Salem
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Salem.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:38 AM Solar noon 11:47 AM Sunset 4:55 PM Daylight 10 h 17 min Night 13 h 43 min Civil twilight 6:10 AM – 5:24 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 New Jersey
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/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Port Penn — 11.2 km
- Thorntown — 13.1 km
- Rogers Manor — 13.9 km
- Reybold — 14.2 km
- Bayview Manor — 14.5 km
- Pine Valley Farms — 15.0 km
Salem: clock, sun and surroundings
Morning light reaches Salem at 6:38 AM, and the sun sets at 4:55 PM. Daylight lasts a total of 10 h 17 min.
The time given for Salem holds for nearby Port Penn and Thorntown too.
There are 12 postal code zones in Salem.
Time in Salem runs on America/New_York, which is UTC−5. Does daylight saving time apply here? No.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Salem?
- The value associated with Salem is America/New_York, with an offset of −5.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Salem?
- No.
- Please give the sunset time for Salem.
- The sun sets at 4:55 PM.