Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.5382, -80.6012
- Elevation
- 386 m above sea level
- Region
- North Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 409 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, North Carolina, United States
See the local time in Salem, North Carolina, United States right now, measured in the America/New_York time zone (−4).
Salem, United States
Saturday, 17 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 1:09 PM Sunset 6:45 PM Daylight 11 h 13 min Night 12 h 47 min Civil twilight 7:06 AM – 7:11 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
- Sulphur Springs — 2.4 km
- Flat Rock — 4.0 km
- Mount Airy — 4.4 km
- Combstown — 4.6 km
- Toast — 4.8 km
- Oak Grove — 5.9 km
Time and daylight in Salem
Postal codes in Salem number 12.
The zone applied in Salem is America/New_York with offset UTC−4. Whether clocks shift for daylight saving: Yes.
The sun is up at 7:32 AM in Salem and down again at 6:45 PM. Between those times there are 11 h 13 min of daylight.
Sulphur Springs and Flat Rock, both nearby, hold the same time as Salem.
Questions and answers
- How should the time zone of Salem be stated?
- It should be stated as America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Is daylight saving time something to watch for in Salem?
- Yes.
- When does morning light reach Salem?
- At 7:32 AM.