• Salò (Salo), a town in Lombardy, Italy
• Salò Republic (Italian Social Republic, or Repubblica di Salò)
• Salo, Finland, a town in the province of Western Finland
• Salo, Gabon, a town in Ogooué-Ivindo, Gabon
• Salo (food), salted unrendered pork fat
• Salò (film), a film by Pier Paolo Pasolini
• an extra-terrestrial character in Vonnegut's novel Sirens of Titan

People named Salo include:

• Dave Salo, swim team head coach
• David Salo (born 1969), linguist
• Mika Salo (born 1966), former Formula 1 racer
• Sami Salo (born 1974), ice hockey player
• Tommy Salo (born 1971), ice hockey player
• Salo Finkelstein (born 1896 or 1897, date of death unknown), mental calculator
• Ola Salo (born 1977), Swedish singer