Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.6987, -81.6970
- Elevation
- 371 m above sea level
- Population
- 2 218
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 544 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, North Carolina, United States
The present local time in Salem, North Carolina, United States is given below, for the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Salem, United States
Thursday, 15 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Salem
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Local time in Salem, North Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:34 AM Solar noon 1:14 PM Sunset 6:53 PM Daylight 11 h 19 min Night 12 h 41 min Civil twilight 7:08 AM – 7:19 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 North Carolina
- Charlotte 911 311
- Raleigh 482 295
- West Raleigh 338 759
- Greensboro 285 342
- Durham 257 636
- Winston-Salem 241 218
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
- Pumpkin Center — 1.4 km
- Burkemont — 1.9 km
- Petersburg — 2.5 km
- Magnolia — 2.9 km
- Chambers (historical) — 3.1 km
- Sunnyside — 3.6 km
Time and daylight in Salem
Salem accounts for 12 postal codes.
Salem keeps time under America/New_York. That places it at UTC−4, with daylight saving time Yes.
Sunrise in Salem is at 7:34 AM today, and sunset comes at 6:53 PM. Daylight lasts 11 h 19 min.
Neighbouring Pumpkin Center and Burkemont keep the same hours as Salem.
Questions and answers
- What time zone value is associated with Salem?
- The value associated with Salem is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Are time changes for daylight saving made in Salem?
- Yes.
- Sunset in Salem is at what time?
- At 6:53 PM.