Salem in numbers
- Coordinates
- 36.7896, -76.1247
- Elevation
- 3 m above sea level
- Region
- Virginia
- Country
- United States, North America
- Capital
- Washington, D.C. — 247 km away
- Same name
- 128 more places in the world share this name
What time is it in Salem, Virginia, United States
Use this page to see what time it is in Salem, Virginia, United States — the America/New_York zone applies there (−5).
Salem, United States
Tuesday, 10 November 2026
UTC−5 · America/New_York
Local time in Salem
UTC−5 · no daylight saving time
Salem keeps America/New_York clock_time.
The sun today
Sunrise 6:39 AM Solar noon 11:50 AM Sunset 5:01 PM Daylight 10 h 22 min Night 13 h 38 min Civil twilight 6:11 AM – 5:28 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 Virginia
- Virginia Beach 454 808
- Norfolk 238 005
- Chesapeake 235 429
- Richmond 226 610
- Arlington 207 627
- Newport News 186 247
Other places named Salem
- Salem Tamil Nadu, India
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- Salem New Hampshire, United States
- Salem Massachusetts, United States
- Salem New Hampshire, United States
Same time zone — America/New_York
- New York City United States
- Brooklyn United States
- Queens United States
- Philadelphia United States
- Manhattan United States
- The Bronx United States
Nearby places
- Mapleton — 3.7 km
- Landtown — 3.7 km
- Bellany Manor — 3.8 km
- Kempsville Colony — 4.4 km
- Acredale — 4.5 km
- Kempsville — 5.2 km
About the time in Salem
Salem operates with 12 postal codes.
The time zone in effect for Salem is America/New_York, at UTC−5. Daylight saving time observed: No.
Today's times for Salem: the sun is up at 6:39 AM and down at 5:01 PM. That means 10 h 22 min of daylight.
Salem shares its time with neighbouring Mapleton and Landtown.
Questions and answers
- Do you know which time zone Salem uses?
- Salem uses the America/New_York time zone, with an offset of −5.
- Does the clock in Salem follow a summer time schedule?
- Daylight saving in Salem: No.
- Tell me the sunrise hour in Salem.
- The sunrise hour is 6:39 AM.