diff --git a/internal/kiwix/client.go b/internal/kiwix/client.go
index f9962b7..52a218d 100644
--- a/internal/kiwix/client.go
+++ b/internal/kiwix/client.go
@@ -39,11 +39,16 @@ type Client struct {
 	http *http.Client
 }
 
+// clientTimeout — the whole request, search or article. The server is on the
+// same box (see the package doc), so this is slack for a cold ZIM read, not a
+// budget tuned against a flaky link the way websearch.DefaultTimeout is.
+const clientTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+
 // New makes a client for a Kiwix base URL like http://127.0.0.1:8034.
 func New(baseURL string) *Client {
 	return &Client{
 		base: strings.TrimRight(baseURL, "/"),
-		http: &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second},
+		http: &http.Client{Timeout: clientTimeout},
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/internal/weather/openmeteo.go b/internal/weather/openmeteo.go
index 29818b9..9765155 100644
--- a/internal/weather/openmeteo.go
+++ b/internal/weather/openmeteo.go
@@ -13,13 +13,19 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kami/maven/internal/morph"
 )
 
+// clientTimeout — the whole request, geocode or forecast. Both are one call to
+// a public API over the internet rather than a LAN service, hence longer than
+// a bare "it's slow" budget; there is no retry behind it, so a slow reply
+// still costs the caller the whole wait.
+const clientTimeout = 10 * time.Second
+
 type OpenMeteoProvider struct {
 	httpClient *http.Client
 }
 
 func NewOpenMeteoProvider() *OpenMeteoProvider {
 	return &OpenMeteoProvider{
-		httpClient: &http.Client{Timeout: 10 * time.Second},
+		httpClient: &http.Client{Timeout: clientTimeout},
 	}
 }