Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.4598, -87.3303
- Elevation
- 173 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 945 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/Chicago time zone (−6).
Salem, United States
Sunday, 8 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
What the clock shows right now in Salem.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:21 AM Solar noon 11:34 AM Sunset 4:48 PM Daylight 10 h 27 min Night 13 h 33 min Civil twilight 5:54 AM – 5:15 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 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/Chicago
- Chicago United States
- Houston United States
- San Antonio United States
- Dallas United States
- Fort Worth United States
- Austin United States
Nearby places
- Cardinal Acres — 4.9 km
- Cumberland Hills — 5.0 km
- Cumberland View — 5.1 km
- Beacon Hills — 5.2 km
- Colonial Court — 5.7 km
- Ashland Hills — 6.0 km
About the time in Salem
Salem is covered by 12 postal codes.
Salem is on America/Chicago time, which corresponds to UTC−6. Whether the area observes daylight saving: No.
Daylight in Salem starts at 6:21 AM and ends at 4:48 PM today. It lasts 10 h 27 min.
Clocks in Cardinal Acres and Cumberland Hills read the same as clocks in Salem.
Questions and answers
- What time zone covers Salem?
- The time zone covering Salem is America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Do clocks in Salem shift for daylight saving time?
- No.
- How do I know when the sun sets in Salem?
- Sunset there is at 4:48 PM.