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Comparison

Cheetah Piss vs Sour Diesel

Sour Diesel is a Chemdawg × Super Skunk hybrid that first became popular in the early 1990s; Leafly says it smells like diesel, and its users call it energetic, uplifted and talkative.1 Leafly rates both strains mostly energizing; in state labs Sour Diesel tests higher: 21.68% median THC against 18.82% for Cheetah Piss.1,2,3 Their leading terpenes differ (see the table).3

Side by side

Cheetah PissSour Diesel
TypeHybrid; AllBud lists 50% indica / 50% sativa2,4Hybrid; mostly energizing (Leafly)1
LineageLemonnade × Gelato 42 × London Pound Cake 972,4Chemdawg × Super Skunk1
Median THC (state lab tests)18.82% (298 tests)21.68% (1,071 tests)
Middle half of THC results16.59%–21.36%19.00%–25.30%
Top terpenes (median)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, α-Humulene (142 tests)β-Caryophyllene, Limonene, β-Myrcene (167 tests)
Leafly’s top effectsAroused, giggly, focused2Energetic, uplifted, talkative1
FlavorAmmonia, skunk, menthol2Diesel, chemical, skunk1
On shelves sinceBy Oct 2020 (Westword); earliest lab test Jan 20203,5Popular since the early 1990s1

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

Lab-tested THC: Cheetah Piss vs Sour Diesel

16% 18% 20% 22% 24% 26% Sour Diesel Sour Diesel: median 21.68%, middle half 19.00%–25.30%, 1,071 tests 21.7% n=1,071 Cheetah Piss Cheetah Piss: median 18.82%, middle half 16.59%–21.36%, 298 tests 18.8% n=298 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

In Weedmaps snapshots from Oct 4, 2026 (Cheetah Piss) and Oct 3, 2026 (Sour Diesel), 101 stores within 50 miles of Los Angeles listed Cheetah Piss flower on Weedmaps, against 156 stores for Sour Diesel; around New York the counts were 18 and 125.6

Its own site

Sour Diesel was #4 in Leafly’s 2025 best-seller report, a list Cheetah Piss does not appear on.7 It has its own guide in the Official Cannabis network at sourdiesel.com.

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Sources

  1. Leafly, Sour Diesel (aka Sour D, Sour Deez) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  2. Leafly, Cheetah Piss (aka Funky Kitty) strain information. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  3. Cannlytics (CC BY 4.0), cannabis_results: public state lab results (filtered and aggregated by Official Cannabis). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  4. AllBud, Cheetah Piss marijuana strain information and reviews. Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  5. Westword, Why Colorado tokers love Cheetah Piss (Herbert Fuego) (2020-10-07). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.
  6. Weedmaps listings, compiled by Official Cannabis, Weedmaps flower menu snapshot, 27 US markets, Oct 4, 2026. Accessed Oct 4, 2026. Latest capture Oct 4, 2026.
  7. Leafly, The best-selling weed strains of 2025 (Morgan Rosendale) (2026-02-02). Accessed Oct 4, 2026.