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Comparison

Hindu Kush vs Northern Lights

Both are classic indicas that Leafly users call sleepy, relaxed and hungry. Northern Lights is an Afghani × Thai cross propagated by what is now Sensi Seeds, while Hindu Kush is a landrace.1,2 Northern Lights tests higher in state labs: 20.03% median THC against 17.91% for Hindu Kush, from only 17 tests, a small sample.3

Side by side

Hindu KushNorthern Lights
TypePure indica landrace2,4Indica1
LineageNone named: a landrace from the Hindu Kush range4Afghani × Thai1
Median THC (state lab tests)17.91% (17 tests); small sample20.03% (406 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.03%–18.89%17.28%–22.05%
Top terpenes (median)Too few tests for a profile (1 of 17 with terpene values)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (15 tests)
Leafly top effectsSleepy, relaxed, hungry2Sleepy, relaxed, hungry1
FlavorEarthy, woody, spicy/herbal2Pine, earthy, woody1
Flowering45–50 days (Sensi Seeds’ line)545–50 days1

Lab rows come from the same state lab dataset and matching rules for both strains.3

Lab-tested THC: Hindu Kush vs Northern Lights

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Hindu Kush Hindu Kush: median 17.91%, middle half 17.03%–18.89%, 17 tests 17.9% n=17 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests. Small sample: Hindu Kush has only 17 tests.3

Which is easier to find

On Oct 3, 2026, 19 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Hindu Kush flower on Weedmaps, against 98 stores for Northern Lights; around New York the counts were 5 and 97.6

Its own site

Northern Lights has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at northernlightsstrain.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Northern Lights strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Hindu Kush strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  4. Leafly, Leafly’s 100 best weed strains of all time (2026-07-14). Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  5. Sensi Seeds, Hindu Kush regular seeds. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.