The ideal weather conditions for creating the legendary Maloja wind are sunshine and an even atmospheric pressure distribution. Better still when the sunshine is accompanied by an air current from the south or south-west. On such days, the Maloja wind – a thermal south-westerly wind – blows from about 11 am until sunset. As a rule, the Maloja wind has a strength of Force 4–5. When there is a strong south-westerly air current, the Maloja wind can be stronger and can rise earlier, and can even appear on cloudy days. Strong air currents from northerly directions, known in Switzerland as “bise” winds, are not ideal.