Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.1996, -76.1299
- Elevation
- 2 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 310 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, North Carolina, United States
The clock above shows the current local time in Salem, North Carolina, United States, which uses America/New_York (−4).
Salem, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−4 · America/New_York
Local time in Salem
UTC−4 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Salem.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:13 AM Solar noon 12:51 PM Sunset 6:29 PM Daylight 11 h 16 min Night 12 h 44 min Civil twilight 6:47 AM – 6:55 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
- Weeksville — 1.7 km
- Old Weeksville — 4.0 km
- Poolville (historical) — 4.3 km
- Masequetuc (historical) — 5.6 km
- Glen Cove — 6.3 km
- Winslow — 6.5 km
Time and daylight in Salem
Sunrise reaches Salem at 7:13 AM, and the sun sets at 6:29 PM. Light lasts 11 h 16 min.
The hour in Salem is the hour in Weeksville and Old Weeksville as well.
Locations in Salem are covered by 12 postal codes.
Salem sits in the America/New_York time zone, which runs at UTC−4. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Could you specify the time zone used in Salem?
- The time zone used in Salem is America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Does Salem observe daylight saving time?
- Yes.
- What are the sunrise and sunset times in Salem?
- Sunrise 7:13 AM, sunset 6:29 PM.