Sunset & Sunrise Today in Salem, Oregon

Salem, Oregon sees the sun come up at 5:40 AM and go down at 8:55 PM on Wednesday, July 15, 2026 — 15h 14m of daylight from sunrise to sunset. The sun reaches its high point above Salem at 1:18 PM.

Sitting at 44.94° latitude puts Salem in the mid-latitudes — daylight swings noticeably between the long days of summer and the short days of winter. Each day is currently getting about 1 minute shorter and 38 seconds. Through summer, the sunset time in Salem keeps shifting, which is why it pays to check the exact figure day by day.

For photographers, the evening golden hour in Salem runs from about 8:12 PM to 9:17 PM — that warm, low, flattering light just before sunset. The blue hour follows, roughly 9:17 PM to 9:31 PM, as twilight deepens.

Tomorrow, sunset in Salem is at 8:54 PM and sunrise at 5:41 AM — about 1m 40s less daylight than today. The table below shows how sunrise and sunset in Salem drift across the whole year.

This is high summer in Salem, the season of long evenings. Over the course of the year, sunset in Salem ranges from as early as 4:30 PM (around December 4) to as late as 9:02 PM (around June 21). Its longest day lands on June 20 with 15h 36m of daylight, and its shortest on December 21 with just 8h 45m.