Hot air balloons travel with the wind movement and will only go as fast as the wind. Travelling with the wind, you do not feel it windy, and pilots will choose safe wind speed days.

Surprisingly, you feel almost no wind while flying in a hot air balloon. Because the balloon moves at the exact same speed and in the same direction as the surrounding air currents, there is no "wind resistance" against the passengers or the basket. This creates a sensation of perfect stillness and weightlessness, often described as floating on a "cloud in a paper bag." The only time you might feel a slight breeze is during the initial launch or when the pilot changes altitude to "steer" the balloon into a different air current moving at a slightly different speed or direction. This lack of wind makes for an exceptionally quiet and peaceful experience, where the only loud sound is the occasional roar of the propane burner. For this reason, it doesn't feel cold even at several thousand feet, as you are not subjected to the "wind chill" factor that you would experience in an open-cockpit airplane or a helicopter. Most hot air balloon flights take place at dawn or dusk when the surface winds are calmest, further enhancing this serene, stationary feeling.