Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 31.7602, -95.1385
- Elevation
- 158 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1819 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Texas, United States
Learn the current time in Salem, Texas, United States, a place in the America/Chicago time zone (−5).
Salem, United States
Sunday, 25 October 2026
UTC−5 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−5 · daylight saving time is active
Salem keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 7:32 AM Solar noon 1:06 PM Sunset 6:39 PM Daylight 11 h 07 min Night 12 h 53 min Civil twilight 7:07 AM – 7:04 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 Texas
- Houston 2 314 157
- San Antonio 1 526 656
- Dallas 1 326 087
- Fort Worth 1 008 106
- Austin 974 447
- El Paso 678 815
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
- Hudson Chapel — 3.5 km
- Rusk — 4.1 km
- Lone Oak — 6.1 km
- Cherokee County — 8.9 km
- Redlawn — 9.2 km
- Oakland — 9.7 km
Time and daylight in Salem
Sunrise for Salem today is set at 7:32 AM, sunset at 6:39 PM. Daylight covers 11 h 07 min.
Time runs the same in Salem and in nearby Hudson Chapel and Rusk.
The postal breakdown of Salem runs to 12 codes.
Clocks in Salem follow America/Chicago, an offset of UTC−5 from Coordinated Universal Time. Daylight saving time here: Yes.
Questions and answers
- What is the time zone name for Salem?
- The time zone name used for Salem is America/Chicago, with an offset of −5.
- Does the local schedule in Salem include a clock change?
- Yes.
- Which time marks sunrise in Salem?
- 7:32 AM marks sunrise.