Karasburg has an extreme climate most of the year with temperatures rising well over 40 degrees Celsius in summer and dropping to sub-zero in winter.

Karasburg's main industry is sheep farming, but it is also an important truck stop for transport vehicles streaming into Namibia from the South African border.

The town also has its own airstrip which is used mainly for light aircraft or as an emergency landing strip for larger planes.

[11] In the 2020 local authority election the Landless People's Movement (LPM, a new party registered in 2018) won with 572 votes and gained four seats.

The remaining council seat went to the Independent Patriots for Change (IPC, an opposition party formed in August 2020) with 241 votes.

[12] The Karasburg region hosts a variety of large to small game, ranging from Kudu and Springbok to Duiker, Klipspringer, Steenbok, Jackal and Caracal.