Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.0220, -83.0407
- Elevation
- 383 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 619 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Tennessee, United States
This page carries the current local time for Salem, Tennessee, United States, 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 7:42 AM Solar noon 1:19 PM Sunset 6:55 PM Daylight 11 h 14 min Night 12 h 46 min Civil twilight 7:16 AM – 7:21 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 Tennessee
- Nashville 689 447
- New South Memphis 641 608
- Memphis 633 104
- Knoxville 190 740
- Chattanooga 181 099
- Clarksville 166 722
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
- Ottinger — 3.9 km
- Baltimore — 4.5 km
- Parrottsville — 4.9 km
- Brookside Mill — 5.1 km
- Saint James — 7.9 km
- Bruner Grove — 9.0 km
Time and daylight in Salem
The horizon brightens over Salem at 7:42 AM, and the sun sets at 6:55 PM. Daylight runs 11 h 14 min.
Salem and nearby Ottinger and Baltimore are never an hour apart.
Postal codes in Salem number 12.
The time zone in effect for Salem is America/New_York, at UTC−4. Daylight saving time observed: Yes.
Questions and answers
- Should America/New_York be used as the time zone for Salem?
- Yes, Salem uses America/New_York, whose offset is −4.
- Is there a daylight saving time change in Salem?
- Daylight saving in Salem: Yes.
- I need the sunrise and sunset times for Salem.
- They are 7:42 AM and 6:55 PM.