Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 32.8254, -95.6189
- Elevation
- 134 m above sea level
- Region
- Texas
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 1801 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Texas, United States
This page keeps the current time in Salem, Texas, United States, according to the America/Chicago zone (−6).
Salem, United States
Friday, 6 November 2026
UTC−6 · America/Chicago
Local time in Salem
UTC−6 · no daylight saving time
Salem keeps America/Chicago clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:46 AM Solar noon 12:07 PM Sunset 5:29 PM Daylight 10 h 43 min Night 13 h 17 min Civil twilight 6:20 AM – 5:55 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
- Alba — 3.9 km
- Gunter — 4.9 km
- Bright Star — 5.3 km
- Hogansville — 7.3 km
- Colony — 8.1 km
- Gamblin — 8.1 km
About the time in Salem
In Salem, today's sun rises at 6:46 AM and sets at 5:29 PM. Light stays for 10 h 43 min.
Alba and Gunter sit close to Salem and run on the same clock.
12 postal codes serve Salem.
Clocks across Salem run on America/Chicago at UTC−6. Daylight saving time: No.
Questions and answers
- Which time zone governs time in Salem?
- Time in Salem follows the America/Chicago time zone, with an offset of −6.
- Does Salem keep the same offset year round, or does it use daylight saving?
- Daylight saving time in Salem: No.
- Sunset in Salem is at what time?
- At 5:29 PM.