Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 35.4362, -89.7365
- Elevation
- 123 m above sea level
- Region
- Tennessee
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1188 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Tennessee, United States
This page shows the time as it is now in 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 6:28 AM Solar noon 11:44 AM Sunset 4:59 PM Daylight 10 h 31 min Night 13 h 29 min Civil twilight 6:02 AM – 5:26 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
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- 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
- Idaville — 2.4 km
- Atoka — 3.8 km
- Hagys Corner — 4.5 km
- Crosstown — 5.2 km
- Brighton — 5.4 km
- Akins Corner — 6.4 km
Local time details for Salem
Idaville and Atoka sit close to Salem and run on the same clock.
Salem carries 12 postal codes.
In Salem the time zone is America/Chicago and the offset is UTC−6. Daylight saving time used: No.
For Salem today, sunrise is 6:28 AM and sunset is 4:59 PM. Daylight lasts 10 h 31 min.
Questions and answers
- What zone is Salem in for local time?
- For local time, Salem is in America/Chicago, with an offset of −6.
- Does the time in Salem shift by an hour at any point in the year?
- No.
- Sunset in Salem is at what time?
- At 4:59 PM.