diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/monitoring/components/dashboard.vue b/app/assets/javascripts/monitoring/components/dashboard.vue
index a55a47c277d..cc7b5700215 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/monitoring/components/dashboard.vue
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/monitoring/components/dashboard.vue
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ export default {
             >
           </gl-dropdown>
         </div>
-        <div v-if="showTimeWindowDropdown" class="d-flex align-items-center">
+        <div v-if="showTimeWindowDropdown" class="d-flex align-items-center prepend-left-8">
           <strong>{{ s__('Metrics|Show last') }}</strong>
           <gl-dropdown
             class="prepend-left-10 js-time-window-dropdown"
diff --git a/changelogs/unreleased/62092-missing-padding-next-to-time-windows-dropdown-on-metrics-dashboard.yml b/changelogs/unreleased/62092-missing-padding-next-to-time-windows-dropdown-on-metrics-dashboard.yml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3317d505924
--- /dev/null
+++ b/changelogs/unreleased/62092-missing-padding-next-to-time-windows-dropdown-on-metrics-dashboard.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+title: Added padding to time window dropdown in monitor dashboard
+merge_request: 28897
+author:
+type: fixed