Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 33.8879, -79.5123
- Elevation
- 22 m above sea level
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 599 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, South Carolina, United States
Local time right now in Salem, South Carolina, United States appears above, 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
Local time in Salem, South Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:25 AM Solar noon 1:04 PM Sunset 6:43 PM Daylight 11 h 18 min Night 12 h 42 min Civil twilight 7:00 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 South Carolina
- Columbia 142 416
- Charleston 132 609
- North Charleston 108 304
- Mount Pleasant 81 317
- Rock Hill 71 548
- Greenville 64 579
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
- Bazen Crossroads — 3.3 km
- Poston Crossroads — 3.8 km
- Half Moon (historical) — 5.2 km
- Bostick — 5.4 km
- Kingsburg — 5.6 km
- Bostick Landing — 6.1 km
About the time in Salem
The postal system lists 12 codes for Salem.
Clocks in Salem take America/New_York as their zone, reading UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Today's times for Salem: the sun is up at 7:25 AM and down at 6:43 PM. That means 11 h 18 min of daylight.
Neighbouring places Bazen Crossroads and Poston Crossroads run on Salem time.
Questions and answers
- What time zone setting should I choose for Salem?
- Choose America/New_York for Salem, with an offset of −4.
- Does Salem take part in daylight saving time?
- Daylight saving time in Salem: Yes.
- What time is sunset in Salem?
- It is 6:43 PM.