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Comparison

Northern Lights vs Blue Dream

Leafly puts these at opposite ends, rating Northern Lights mostly calming and Blue Dream mostly energizing: Northern Lights is an indica its users call sleepy and relaxed, while Blue Dream is a sativa-dominant Blueberry × Haze hybrid they call creative and happy.1,2 Their lab-tested THC is close: 20.03% median for Northern Lights and 19.96% for Blue Dream.3

Side by side

Northern LightsBlue Dream
TypeIndica1Sativa-dominant hybrid2
LineageAfghani × Thai1Blueberry × Haze2
Median THC (state lab tests)20.03% (406 tests)19.96% (2,118 tests)
Middle half of THC results17.28%–22.05%17.62%–22.37%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (only 15 tests)β-Myrcene, α-Pinene, β-Caryophyllene (483 tests)
Most-reported effectsSleepy, relaxed, hungry1Creative, euphoric, happy2
FlavorPine, earthy, woody1Berry, blueberry, sweet2
Flowering7–9 weeks1About 67 days (Leafly average)2

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

Lab-tested THC: Northern Lights vs Blue Dream

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% Northern Lights Northern Lights: median 20.03%, middle half 17.28%–22.05%, 406 tests 20.0% n=406 Blue Dream Blue Dream: median 19.96%, middle half 17.62%–22.37%, 2,118 tests 20.0% n=2,118 Median total THC (dot) and middle half of tests (bar)
Median and middle half of total THC in state lab tests.3

Which is easier to find

On Oct 3, 2026, 98 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Northern Lights flower on Weedmaps, against 293 stores for Blue Dream; around New York the counts were 97 and 129.4

Its own site

Blue Dream has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at bluedream.com.

More comparisons

Sources

  1. Leafly, Northern Lights strain information. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Blue Dream 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. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 3, 2026. Accessed Oct 3, 2026.