diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
index 8312183cbb128e9741d4bcb478b894357680eeff..eb708c0d20ef72748071ca17ac21e8f89039fc58 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/components/prometheus-adapter.libsonnet
@@ -22,13 +22,24 @@ local defaults = {
     for labelName in std.objectFields(defaults.commonLabels)
     if !std.setMember(labelName, ['app.kubernetes.io/version'])
   },
+  // Default range intervals are equal to 4 times the default scrape interval.
+  // This is done in order to follow Prometheus rule of thumb with irate().
+  rangeIntervals: {
+    kubelet: '4m',
+    nodeExporter: '4m',
+    windowsExporter: '4m',
+  },
 
   prometheusURL: error 'must provide prometheusURL',
   config: {
     resourceRules: {
       cpu: {
-        containerQuery: 'sum(irate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container!="",pod!=""}[5m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)',
-        nodeQuery: 'sum(1 - irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="idle"}[5m]) * on(namespace, pod) group_left(node) node_namespace_pod:kube_pod_info:{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>) or sum (1- irate(windows_cpu_time_total{mode="idle", job="windows-exporter",<<.LabelMatchers>>}[5m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)',
+        containerQuery: |||
+          sum(irate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container!="",pod!=""}[%(kubelet)s])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+        ||| % $.rangeIntervals,
+        nodeQuery: |||
+          sum(1 - irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="idle"}[%(nodeExporter)s]) * on(namespace, pod) group_left(node) node_namespace_pod:kube_pod_info:{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>) or sum (1- irate(windows_cpu_time_total{mode="idle", job="windows-exporter",<<.LabelMatchers>>}[%(windowsExporter)s])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+        ||| % $.rangeIntervals,
         resources: {
           overrides: {
             node: { resource: 'node' },
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/lib/utils.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/lib/utils.libsonnet
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b5d29825bb756058c42707b487b9ca6b927cf6b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/lib/utils.libsonnet
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+{
+  // rangeInterval takes a scrape interval and convert its to a range interval
+  // following Prometheus rule of thumb for rate() and irate().
+  rangeInterval(i='1m'):
+    local interval = std.parseInt(std.substr(i, 0, std.length(i) - 1));
+    interval * 4 + i[std.length(i) - 1],
+}
diff --git a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/main.libsonnet b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/main.libsonnet
index e1dc0b5955c2e065eaac9abe98b14852088316df..903c44b3d2e57865bf8fbda9a59553fa5166bb18 100644
--- a/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/main.libsonnet
+++ b/jsonnet/kube-prometheus/main.libsonnet
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ local prometheus = import './components/prometheus.libsonnet';
 
 local platformPatch = import './platforms/platforms.libsonnet';
 
+local utils = import './lib/utils.libsonnet';
+
 {
   // using `values` as this is similar to helm
   values:: {
@@ -97,6 +99,10 @@ local platformPatch = import './platforms/platforms.libsonnet';
       version: $.values.common.versions.prometheusAdapter,
       image: $.values.common.images.prometheusAdapter,
       prometheusURL: 'http://prometheus-' + $.values.prometheus.name + '.' + $.values.common.namespace + '.svc.cluster.local:9090/',
+      rangeIntervals+: {
+        kubelet: utils.rangeInterval($.kubernetesControlPlane.serviceMonitorKubelet.spec.endpoints[0].interval),
+        nodeExporter: utils.rangeInterval($.nodeExporter.serviceMonitor.spec.endpoints[0].interval),
+      },
     },
     prometheusOperator: {
       namespace: $.values.common.namespace,
diff --git a/manifests/prometheus-adapter-configMap.yaml b/manifests/prometheus-adapter-configMap.yaml
index 64ee10791714d83318a37847ad5f0593eab67b4f..899a0e7e63785bf4abc76b9dce30da803b45693b 100644
--- a/manifests/prometheus-adapter-configMap.yaml
+++ b/manifests/prometheus-adapter-configMap.yaml
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ data:
     "resourceRules":
       "cpu":
         "containerLabel": "container"
-        "containerQuery": "sum(irate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container!=\"\",pod!=\"\"}[5m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)"
-        "nodeQuery": "sum(1 - irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode=\"idle\"}[5m]) * on(namespace, pod) group_left(node) node_namespace_pod:kube_pod_info:{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>) or sum (1- irate(windows_cpu_time_total{mode=\"idle\", job=\"windows-exporter\",<<.LabelMatchers>>}[5m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)"
+        "containerQuery": |
+          sum(irate(container_cpu_usage_seconds_total{<<.LabelMatchers>>,container!="",pod!=""}[120s])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
+        "nodeQuery": |
+          sum(1 - irate(node_cpu_seconds_total{mode="idle"}[60s]) * on(namespace, pod) group_left(node) node_namespace_pod:kube_pod_info:{<<.LabelMatchers>>}) by (<<.GroupBy>>) or sum (1- irate(windows_cpu_time_total{mode="idle", job="windows-exporter",<<.LabelMatchers>>}[4m])) by (<<.GroupBy>>)
         "resources":
           "overrides":
             "namespace":