Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.3799, -79.6947
- Elevation
- 258 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 365 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, North Carolina, United States
Below you can see what the time is in Salem, North Carolina, United States now, in the America/New_York zone (−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 7:28 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:43 PM Daylight 11 h 15 min Night 12 h 45 min Civil twilight 7:02 AM – 7:09 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
- College Estates — 1.2 km
- North Hills — 2.1 km
- Norwood — 3.4 km
- Reidsville — 3.9 km
- Courtland Park — 3.9 km
- Meadow Wood Acres — 3.9 km
Time and daylight in Salem
Salem takes in 12 postal codes.
The time zone here in Salem is America/New_York, offset UTC−4. Does daylight saving apply? Yes.
Today in Salem, daylight opens at 7:28 AM and closes at 6:43 PM. That span measures 11 h 15 min.
The time you see for Salem is also correct for College Estates and North Hills.
Questions and answers
- Under which time zone does Salem fall?
- Salem falls under America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Will the time in Salem move forward or back for daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Salem: Yes.
- Is there a set time for sunrise in Salem?
- Today the sun rises at 7:28 AM.