Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.8092, -86.4772
- Elevation
- 194 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 902 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Tennessee, United States
Look up the current time in Salem, Tennessee, United States, which follows the America/Chicago 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 6:16 AM Solar noon 11:31 AM Sunset 4:46 PM Daylight 10 h 29 min Night 13 h 31 min Civil twilight 5:49 AM – 5:12 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
- Overall — 0.2 km
- Southern Aire — 1.8 km
- Stonebrook — 3.4 km
- Brownview Acres — 3.6 km
- Barfield Meadows — 3.7 km
- Brookhill — 3.8 km
About the time in Salem
Standard time in Salem comes from America/Chicago and equals UTC−6. Clocks change for daylight saving: No.
The sun rises today at 6:16 AM in Salem and sets at 4:46 PM. Daylight covers 10 h 29 min.
Overall and Southern Aire are near Salem and do not differ from it in time.
Addressing within Salem draws on 12 postal codes.
Questions and answers
- What time zone is the clock in Salem based on?
- The clock in Salem is based on America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Is the offset in Salem changed for daylight saving?
- No.
- What time is sunset in Salem?
- It is 4:46 PM.