diff --git a/notifier/notifier.go b/notifier/notifier.go
index 551b166e0..b54ccd1fb 100644
--- a/notifier/notifier.go
+++ b/notifier/notifier.go
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ func (n *Notifier) sendAll(alerts ...*model.Alert) int {
 				n.errors.WithLabelValues(u).Inc()
 				atomic.AddUint64(&numErrors, 1)
 			}
-			n.latency.WithLabelValues(u).Observe(float64(time.Since(begin)) / float64(time.Second))
+			n.latency.WithLabelValues(u).Observe(time.Since(begin).Seconds())
 			n.sent.WithLabelValues(u).Add(float64(len(alerts)))
 
 			wg.Done()
diff --git a/retrieval/scrape.go b/retrieval/scrape.go
index 3df04b616..74010fae8 100644
--- a/retrieval/scrape.go
+++ b/retrieval/scrape.go
@@ -201,7 +201,7 @@ func (sp *scrapePool) reload(cfg *config.ScrapeConfig) {
 
 	wg.Wait()
 	targetReloadIntervalLength.WithLabelValues(interval.String()).Observe(
-		float64(time.Since(start)) / float64(time.Second),
+		time.Since(start).Seconds(),
 	)
 }
 
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ func (sp *scrapePool) sync(targets []*Target) {
 	// be inserting a previous sample set.
 	wg.Wait()
 	targetSyncIntervalLength.WithLabelValues(sp.config.JobName).Observe(
-		float64(time.Since(start)) / float64(time.Second),
+		time.Since(start).Seconds(),
 	)
 	targetScrapePoolSyncsCounter.WithLabelValues(sp.config.JobName).Inc()
 }
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ func (sl *scrapeLoop) run(interval, timeout time.Duration, errc chan<- error) {
 			// Only record after the first scrape.
 			if !last.IsZero() {
 				targetIntervalLength.WithLabelValues(interval.String()).Observe(
-					float64(time.Since(last)) / float64(time.Second), // Sub-second precision.
+					time.Since(last).Seconds(),
 				)
 			}
 
@@ -493,7 +493,7 @@ func (sl *scrapeLoop) report(start time.Time, duration time.Duration, err error)
 			model.MetricNameLabel: scrapeDurationMetricName,
 		},
 		Timestamp: ts,
-		Value:     model.SampleValue(float64(duration) / float64(time.Second)),
+		Value:     model.SampleValue(duration.Seconds()),
 	}
 
 	if err := sl.reportAppender.Append(healthSample); err != nil {
diff --git a/rules/manager.go b/rules/manager.go
index 449e874ea..025c53d7e 100644
--- a/rules/manager.go
+++ b/rules/manager.go
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ func (g *Group) run() {
 		start := time.Now()
 		g.eval()
 
-		iterationDuration.Observe(float64(time.Since(start)) / float64(time.Second))
+		iterationDuration.Observe(time.Since(start).Seconds())
 	}
 	iter()
 
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ func (g *Group) eval() {
 			defer wg.Done()
 
 			defer func(t time.Time) {
-				evalDuration.WithLabelValues(rtyp).Observe(float64(time.Since(t)) / float64(time.Second))
+				evalDuration.WithLabelValues(rtyp).Observe(time.Since(t).Seconds())
 			}(time.Now())
 
 			evalTotal.WithLabelValues(rtyp).Inc()
diff --git a/storage/local/persistence.go b/storage/local/persistence.go
index 25db3eb24..ba15e7a2f 100644
--- a/storage/local/persistence.go
+++ b/storage/local/persistence.go
@@ -559,7 +559,7 @@ func (p *persistence) checkpointSeriesMapAndHeads(fingerprintToSeries *seriesMap
 		}
 		err = os.Rename(p.headsTempFileName(), p.headsFileName())
 		duration := time.Since(begin)
-		p.checkpointDuration.Set(float64(duration) / float64(time.Second))
+		p.checkpointDuration.Set(duration.Seconds())
 		log.Infof("Done checkpointing in-memory metrics and chunks in %v.", duration)
 	}()
 
@@ -1238,9 +1238,7 @@ func (p *persistence) processIndexingQueue() {
 	commitBatch := func() {
 		p.indexingBatchSizes.Observe(float64(batchSize))
 		defer func(begin time.Time) {
-			p.indexingBatchDuration.Observe(
-				float64(time.Since(begin)) / float64(time.Second),
-			)
+			p.indexingBatchDuration.Observe(time.Since(begin).Seconds())
 		}(time.Now())
 
 		if err := p.labelPairToFingerprints.IndexBatch(pairToFPs); err != nil {
diff --git a/storage/local/storage.go b/storage/local/storage.go
index 35e88349a..fd5b6e026 100644
--- a/storage/local/storage.go
+++ b/storage/local/storage.go
@@ -1119,7 +1119,7 @@ func (s *MemorySeriesStorage) maintainMemorySeries(
 ) (becameDirty bool) {
 	defer func(begin time.Time) {
 		s.maintainSeriesDuration.WithLabelValues(maintainInMemory).Observe(
-			float64(time.Since(begin)) / float64(time.Second),
+			time.Since(begin).Seconds(),
 		)
 	}(time.Now())
 
@@ -1272,7 +1272,7 @@ func (s *MemorySeriesStorage) writeMemorySeries(
 func (s *MemorySeriesStorage) maintainArchivedSeries(fp model.Fingerprint, beforeTime model.Time) {
 	defer func(begin time.Time) {
 		s.maintainSeriesDuration.WithLabelValues(maintainArchived).Observe(
-			float64(time.Since(begin)) / float64(time.Second),
+			time.Since(begin).Seconds(),
 		)
 	}(time.Now())
 
diff --git a/storage/remote/queue_manager.go b/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
index be82ba8bc..d89e9406d 100644
--- a/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
+++ b/storage/remote/queue_manager.go
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func (t *StorageQueueManager) sendSamples(s model.Samples) {
 		// floor.
 		begin := time.Now()
 		err := t.tsdb.Store(s)
-		duration := time.Since(begin) / time.Second
+		duration := time.Since(begin).Seconds()
 
 		labelValue := success
 		if err != nil {
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ func (t *StorageQueueManager) sendSamples(s model.Samples) {
 			t.failedSamples.Add(float64(len(s)))
 		}
 		t.samplesCount.WithLabelValues(labelValue).Add(float64(len(s)))
-		t.sendLatency.Observe(float64(duration))
+		t.sendLatency.Observe(duration)
 	}()
 }