diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.assets.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.assets.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..d263cc8b91a28
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.assets.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "version": "32.0.0",
+  "files": {
+    "d4dda261a18b29095c14be79773ff2c9cee39ed1fa347c6b46432c448eb55bfe": {
+      "source": {
+        "path": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.template.json",
+        "packaging": "file"
+      },
+      "destinations": {
+        "current_account-current_region": {
+          "bucketName": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+          "objectKey": "d4dda261a18b29095c14be79773ff2c9cee39ed1fa347c6b46432c448eb55bfe.json",
+          "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-file-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "dockerImages": {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.template.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..97951783eced9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+{
+ "Resources": {
+  "Dashboard9E4231ED": {
+   "Type": "AWS::CloudWatch::Dashboard",
+   "Properties": {
+    "DashboardBody": {
+     "Fn::Join": [
+      "",
+      [
+       "{\"widgets\":[{\"type\":\"metric\",\"width\":6,\"height\":3,\"x\":0,\"y\":0,\"properties\":{\"view\":\"singleValue\",\"region\":\"",
+       {
+        "Ref": "AWS::Region"
+       },
+       "\",\"metrics\":[[\"CDK/Test\",\"Metric\"]],\"period\":600}}]}"
+      ]
+     ]
+    }
+   }
+  }
+ },
+ "Parameters": {
+  "BootstrapVersion": {
+   "Type": "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>",
+   "Default": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
+   "Description": "Version of the CDK Bootstrap resources in this environment, automatically retrieved from SSM Parameter Store. [cdk:skip]"
+  }
+ },
+ "Rules": {
+  "CheckBootstrapVersion": {
+   "Assertions": [
+    {
+     "Assert": {
+      "Fn::Not": [
+       {
+        "Fn::Contains": [
+         [
+          "1",
+          "2",
+          "3",
+          "4",
+          "5"
+         ],
+         {
+          "Ref": "BootstrapVersion"
+         }
+        ]
+       }
+      ]
+     },
+     "AssertDescription": "CDK bootstrap stack version 6 required. Please run 'cdk bootstrap' with a recent version of the CDK CLI."
+    }
+   ]
+  }
+ }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/cdk.out b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/cdk.out
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..f0b901e7c06e5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/cdk.out
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{"version":"32.0.0"}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/integ.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/integ.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..3ebf220edecc8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/integ.json
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{
+  "version": "32.0.0",
+  "testCases": {
+    "singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest": {
+      "stacks": [
+        "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ"
+      ],
+      "assertionStack": "singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest/DeployAssert",
+      "assertionStackName": "singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/manifest.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/manifest.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ffd6feb03a3dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/manifest.json
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+{
+  "version": "32.0.0",
+  "artifacts": {
+    "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.assets": {
+      "type": "cdk:asset-manifest",
+      "properties": {
+        "file": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.assets.json",
+        "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
+        "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version"
+      }
+    },
+    "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ": {
+      "type": "aws:cloudformation:stack",
+      "environment": "aws://unknown-account/unknown-region",
+      "properties": {
+        "templateFile": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.template.json",
+        "validateOnSynth": false,
+        "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+        "cloudFormationExecutionRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-cfn-exec-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/d4dda261a18b29095c14be79773ff2c9cee39ed1fa347c6b46432c448eb55bfe.json",
+        "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
+        "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
+        "additionalDependencies": [
+          "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.assets"
+        ],
+        "lookupRole": {
+          "arn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-lookup-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+          "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 8,
+          "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version"
+        }
+      },
+      "dependencies": [
+        "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ.assets"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "/aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ/Dashboard/Resource": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "Dashboard9E4231ED"
+          }
+        ],
+        "/aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ/BootstrapVersion": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "BootstrapVersion"
+          }
+        ],
+        "/aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ/CheckBootstrapVersion": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "CheckBootstrapVersion"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "displayName": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ"
+    },
+    "singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.assets": {
+      "type": "cdk:asset-manifest",
+      "properties": {
+        "file": "singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.assets.json",
+        "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
+        "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version"
+      }
+    },
+    "singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0": {
+      "type": "aws:cloudformation:stack",
+      "environment": "aws://unknown-account/unknown-region",
+      "properties": {
+        "templateFile": "singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.template.json",
+        "validateOnSynth": false,
+        "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-deploy-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+        "cloudFormationExecutionRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-cfn-exec-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+        "stackTemplateAssetObjectUrl": "s3://cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}/21fbb51d7b23f6a6c262b46a9caee79d744a3ac019fd45422d988b96d44b2a22.json",
+        "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 6,
+        "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
+        "additionalDependencies": [
+          "singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.assets"
+        ],
+        "lookupRole": {
+          "arn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-lookup-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+          "requiresBootstrapStackVersion": 8,
+          "bootstrapStackVersionSsmParameter": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version"
+        }
+      },
+      "dependencies": [
+        "singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.assets"
+      ],
+      "metadata": {
+        "/singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest/DeployAssert/BootstrapVersion": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "BootstrapVersion"
+          }
+        ],
+        "/singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest/DeployAssert/CheckBootstrapVersion": [
+          {
+            "type": "aws:cdk:logicalId",
+            "data": "CheckBootstrapVersion"
+          }
+        ]
+      },
+      "displayName": "singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest/DeployAssert"
+    },
+    "Tree": {
+      "type": "cdk:tree",
+      "properties": {
+        "file": "tree.json"
+      }
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.assets.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.assets.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..77843d5347a68
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.assets.json
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  "version": "32.0.0",
+  "files": {
+    "21fbb51d7b23f6a6c262b46a9caee79d744a3ac019fd45422d988b96d44b2a22": {
+      "source": {
+        "path": "singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.template.json",
+        "packaging": "file"
+      },
+      "destinations": {
+        "current_account-current_region": {
+          "bucketName": "cdk-hnb659fds-assets-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}",
+          "objectKey": "21fbb51d7b23f6a6c262b46a9caee79d744a3ac019fd45422d988b96d44b2a22.json",
+          "assumeRoleArn": "arn:${AWS::Partition}:iam::${AWS::AccountId}:role/cdk-hnb659fds-file-publishing-role-${AWS::AccountId}-${AWS::Region}"
+        }
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "dockerImages": {}
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.template.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.template.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..ad9d0fb73d1dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/singlevaluewidgetwithperiodDefaultTestDeployAssert48DEBCE0.template.json
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+{
+ "Parameters": {
+  "BootstrapVersion": {
+   "Type": "AWS::SSM::Parameter::Value<String>",
+   "Default": "/cdk-bootstrap/hnb659fds/version",
+   "Description": "Version of the CDK Bootstrap resources in this environment, automatically retrieved from SSM Parameter Store. [cdk:skip]"
+  }
+ },
+ "Rules": {
+  "CheckBootstrapVersion": {
+   "Assertions": [
+    {
+     "Assert": {
+      "Fn::Not": [
+       {
+        "Fn::Contains": [
+         [
+          "1",
+          "2",
+          "3",
+          "4",
+          "5"
+         ],
+         {
+          "Ref": "BootstrapVersion"
+         }
+        ]
+       }
+      ]
+     },
+     "AssertDescription": "CDK bootstrap stack version 6 required. Please run 'cdk bootstrap' with a recent version of the CDK CLI."
+    }
+   ]
+  }
+ }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/tree.json b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/tree.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..bc0600913c3b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.js.snapshot/tree.json
@@ -0,0 +1,136 @@
+{
+  "version": "tree-0.1",
+  "tree": {
+    "id": "App",
+    "path": "",
+    "children": {
+      "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ": {
+        "id": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ",
+        "path": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ",
+        "children": {
+          "Dashboard": {
+            "id": "Dashboard",
+            "path": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ/Dashboard",
+            "children": {
+              "Resource": {
+                "id": "Resource",
+                "path": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ/Dashboard/Resource",
+                "attributes": {
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:type": "AWS::CloudWatch::Dashboard",
+                  "aws:cdk:cloudformation:props": {
+                    "dashboardBody": {
+                      "Fn::Join": [
+                        "",
+                        [
+                          "{\"widgets\":[{\"type\":\"metric\",\"width\":6,\"height\":3,\"x\":0,\"y\":0,\"properties\":{\"view\":\"singleValue\",\"region\":\"",
+                          {
+                            "Ref": "AWS::Region"
+                          },
+                          "\",\"metrics\":[[\"CDK/Test\",\"Metric\"]],\"period\":600}}]}"
+                        ]
+                      ]
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.aws_cloudwatch.CfnDashboard",
+                  "version": "0.0.0"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.aws_cloudwatch.Dashboard",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          },
+          "BootstrapVersion": {
+            "id": "BootstrapVersion",
+            "path": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ/BootstrapVersion",
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.CfnParameter",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          },
+          "CheckBootstrapVersion": {
+            "id": "CheckBootstrapVersion",
+            "path": "aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ/CheckBootstrapVersion",
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.CfnRule",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.Stack",
+          "version": "0.0.0"
+        }
+      },
+      "singlevaluewidget-with-period": {
+        "id": "singlevaluewidget-with-period",
+        "path": "singlevaluewidget-with-period",
+        "children": {
+          "DefaultTest": {
+            "id": "DefaultTest",
+            "path": "singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest",
+            "children": {
+              "Default": {
+                "id": "Default",
+                "path": "singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest/Default",
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
+                  "version": "10.2.55"
+                }
+              },
+              "DeployAssert": {
+                "id": "DeployAssert",
+                "path": "singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest/DeployAssert",
+                "children": {
+                  "BootstrapVersion": {
+                    "id": "BootstrapVersion",
+                    "path": "singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest/DeployAssert/BootstrapVersion",
+                    "constructInfo": {
+                      "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.CfnParameter",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
+                    }
+                  },
+                  "CheckBootstrapVersion": {
+                    "id": "CheckBootstrapVersion",
+                    "path": "singlevaluewidget-with-period/DefaultTest/DeployAssert/CheckBootstrapVersion",
+                    "constructInfo": {
+                      "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.CfnRule",
+                      "version": "0.0.0"
+                    }
+                  }
+                },
+                "constructInfo": {
+                  "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.Stack",
+                  "version": "0.0.0"
+                }
+              }
+            },
+            "constructInfo": {
+              "fqn": "@aws-cdk/integ-tests-alpha.IntegTestCase",
+              "version": "0.0.0"
+            }
+          }
+        },
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "@aws-cdk/integ-tests-alpha.IntegTest",
+          "version": "0.0.0"
+        }
+      },
+      "Tree": {
+        "id": "Tree",
+        "path": "Tree",
+        "constructInfo": {
+          "fqn": "constructs.Construct",
+          "version": "10.2.55"
+        }
+      }
+    },
+    "constructInfo": {
+      "fqn": "aws-cdk-lib.App",
+      "version": "0.0.0"
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.ts b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000..61c2b8808a889
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/@aws-cdk-testing/framework-integ/test/aws-cloudwatch/test/integ.period-singlevaluewidget-and-dashboard.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+import { App, Duration, Stack, StackProps } from 'aws-cdk-lib';
+import { IntegTest } from '@aws-cdk/integ-tests-alpha';
+import { Dashboard, SingleValueWidget, Metric } from 'aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch';
+
+class TestStack extends Stack {
+  constructor(scope: App, id: string, props?: StackProps) {
+    super(scope, id, props);
+
+    const dashboard = new Dashboard(this, 'Dashboard');
+
+    const testMetric = new Metric({
+      namespace: 'CDK/Test',
+      metricName: 'Metric',
+    });
+
+    const widget = new SingleValueWidget({
+      metrics: [testMetric],
+      period: Duration.minutes(10),
+    });
+
+    dashboard.addWidgets(widget);
+  }
+}
+const app = new App();
+const testCase = new TestStack(app, 'aws-cdk-cloudwatch-singlevaluewidget-period-integ');
+new IntegTest(app, 'singlevaluewidget-with-period', {
+  testCases: [testCase],
+});
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/README.md b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/README.md
index c01213a90d6f1..bf28003b05a7d 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/README.md
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/README.md
@@ -544,6 +544,18 @@ dashboard.addWidgets(new cloudwatch.SingleValueWidget({
 }));
 ```
 
+Period allows you to set the default period for the widget:
+
+```ts
+declare const dashboard: cloudwatch.Dashboard;
+
+dashboard.addWidgets(new cloudwatch.SingleValueWidget({
+  metrics: [ /* ... */ ],
+
+  period: Duration.minutes(15),
+}));
+```
+
 ### Text widget
 
 A text widget shows an arbitrary piece of MarkDown. Use this to add explanations
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/lib/graph.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/lib/graph.ts
index 591655941b2d2..c7b5c7d497a34 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/lib/graph.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/lib/graph.ts
@@ -451,6 +451,15 @@ export interface SingleValueWidgetProps extends MetricWidgetProps {
    */
   readonly metrics: IMetric[];
 
+  /**
+   * The default period for all metrics in this widget.
+   * The period is the length of time represented by one data point on the graph.
+   * This default can be overridden within each metric definition.
+   *
+   * @default cdk.Duration.seconds(300)
+   */
+  readonly period?: cdk.Duration;
+
   /**
    * Whether to show the value from the entire time range.
    *
@@ -505,6 +514,7 @@ export class SingleValueWidget extends ConcreteWidget {
         metrics: allMetricsGraphJson(this.props.metrics, []),
         setPeriodToTimeRange: this.props.setPeriodToTimeRange,
         singleValueFullPrecision: this.props.fullPrecision,
+        period: this.props.period?.toSeconds(),
       },
     }];
   }
diff --git a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/test/graphs.test.ts b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/test/graphs.test.ts
index 3d8d32c668f39..fc440f1c416b9 100644
--- a/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/test/graphs.test.ts
+++ b/packages/aws-cdk-lib/aws-cloudwatch/test/graphs.test.ts
@@ -677,6 +677,34 @@ describe('Graphs', () => {
 
   });
 
+  test('add period to singleValueWidget', () => {
+    // GIVEN
+    const stack = new Stack();
+    const metric = new Metric({ namespace: 'CDK', metricName: 'Test' });
+
+    // WHEN
+    const widget = new SingleValueWidget({
+      metrics: [metric],
+      period: Duration.days(2),
+    });
+
+    // THEN
+    expect(stack.resolve(widget.toJson())).toEqual([{
+      type: 'metric',
+      width: 6,
+      height: 3,
+      properties: {
+        view: 'singleValue',
+        region: { Ref: 'AWS::Region' },
+        metrics: [
+          ['CDK', 'Test'],
+        ],
+        period: 172800,
+      },
+    }]);
+
+  });
+
   test('allows overriding custom values of dashboard widgets', () => {
     class HiddenMetric extends Metric {
       public toMetricConfig() {