Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 34.5304, -79.7012
- Elevation
- 39 m above sea level
- Region
- South Carolina
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 540 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, South Carolina, United States
The current local time in Salem, South Carolina, United States is displayed here for the America/New_York time 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
Local time in Salem, South Carolina.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:26 AM Solar noon 1:05 PM Sunset 6:45 PM Daylight 11 h 19 min Night 12 h 41 min Civil twilight 7:01 AM – 7:10 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
- Marlboro — 3.0 km
- Monroe Crossroads — 4.5 km
- Argyle — 4.9 km
- Blenheim — 4.9 km
- Parnassus — 6.8 km
- Drake — 7.1 km
Salem: clock, sun and surroundings
The sun shows itself over Salem at 7:26 AM and sets at 6:45 PM today. That is 11 h 19 min of light.
Marlboro and Monroe Crossroads, both nearby, hold the same time as Salem.
Salem is split into 12 postal code areas.
Salem is served by the America/New_York time zone, offset UTC−4. Daylight saving time applies: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Where does Salem fall in terms of time zones?
- In terms of time zones, Salem falls within America/New_York, with an offset of −4.
- Are daylight saving rules used in Salem?
- Daylight saving time in Salem: Yes.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Salem.
- The sunrise hour is 7:26 AM.