Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 43.7242, -97.3889
- Elevation
- 464 m above sea level
- Population
- 1 325
- Region
- South Dakota
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1777 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, South Dakota, United States
This page answers what time it is in Salem, South Dakota, United States right now, in the America/Chicago zone (−5).
Salem, United States
Friday, 16 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
What the clock shows right now in Salem.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:46 AM Solar noon 1:16 PM Sunset 6:46 PM Daylight 11 h 00 min Night 13 h 00 min Civil twilight 7:17 AM – 7:15 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 Dakota
- Sioux Falls 171 544
- Rapid City 73 569
- Aberdeen 28 102
- Brookings 23 657
- Watertown 22 073
- Mitchell 15 669
Other places named Salem
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- Salem New Hampshire, United States
- Salem Massachusetts, United States
- Salem New Hampshire, United States
Same time zone — America/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Golden View Colony — 5.8 km
- Mccook County — 5.8 km
- Unityville — 10.0 km
- Canistota — 16.1 km
- Spencer — 16.4 km
- Montrose — 16.7 km
Salem: clock, sun and surroundings
Close by, Mccook County and Golden View Colony keep time with Salem.
The mail network in Salem covers 12 codes.
The offset in Salem is UTC−5, under the America/Chicago time zone. Daylight saving time: Yes.
Sunrise today is 7:46 AM in Salem, with sunset at 6:46 PM. That works out to 11 h 00 min of light.
Questions and answers
- What time zone corresponds to Salem?
- America/Chicago corresponds to Salem and has an offset of −5.
- Does Salem apply a daylight saving adjustment?
- Yes.
- What time will the sun set in Salem today?
- Today it sets at 6:46 PM.