Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.0838, -80.2464
- Elevation
- 248 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 422 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, North Carolina, United States
Current local time for Salem, North Carolina, United States is listed here, in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Salem, United States
Monday, 19 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Salem
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
Salem keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:32 AM Solar noon 1:07 PM Sunset 6:42 PM Daylight 11 h 09 min Night 12 h 51 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 7:08 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
- West Salem — 0.5 km
- Arcadia — 1.4 km
- South Side — 1.4 km
- Winston-Salem — 1.8 km
- East Winston — 2.4 km
- Ardmore — 2.5 km
About the time in Salem
The zone in force in Salem is America/New_York, with an offset of UTC−4. Seasonal change: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:32 AM in Salem, with sunset at 6:42 PM. That works out to 11 h 09 min of light.
Salem shares one clock with the nearby places West Salem and South Side.
There are 12 postal code zones in Salem.
Questions and answers
- What time zone does Salem observe?
- Salem observes America/New_York, whose offset is −4.
- Is there any clock change for daylight saving in Salem?
- Daylight saving in Salem: Yes.
- Please give the sunset time for Salem.
- The sun sets at 6:42 PM.