Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 39.9851, -77.6542
- Elevation
- 239 m above sea level
- Region
- Pennsylvania
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 132 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Pennsylvania, United States
This page shows the time of day in Salem, Pennsylvania, United States as it stands now, in the America/New_York zone (−4).
Salem, United States
Friday, 30 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 7:38 AM Solar noon 12:55 PM Sunset 6:12 PM Daylight 10 h 34 min Night 13 h 26 min Civil twilight 7:10 AM – 6:40 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 Pennsylvania
- Philadelphia 1 573 916
- Pittsburgh 304 391
- Allentown 120 207
- Erie 99 475
- Reading 87 879
- Scranton 77 118
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
- Cheesetown — 4.0 km
- Green Village — 4.0 km
- Chambersburg — 5.3 km
- Nyesville — 5.6 km
- Borough Of Chambersburg — 6.0 km
- Scotland — 6.0 km
Time and daylight in Salem
Local time in Salem is governed by America/New_York at UTC−4. Daylight saving observed: Yes.
Today's times for Salem: the sun is up at 7:38 AM and down at 6:12 PM. That means 10 h 34 min of daylight.
Around Salem, places such as Green Village and Cheesetown use the same time.
Postal codes assigned across Salem total 12.
Questions and answers
- Is Salem in a specific time zone?
- Yes, Salem is in the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −4.
- Does Salem switch between standard time and daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Salem: Yes.
- At what hour does the sun set in Salem?
- At 6:12 PM.