diff --git a/litellm/router.py b/litellm/router.py
index 5972b06f01a..854e230cec3 100644
--- a/litellm/router.py
+++ b/litellm/router.py
@@ -1057,7 +1057,7 @@ class Router:
 
             self._update_kwargs_before_fallbacks(model=model, kwargs=kwargs)
             request_priority = kwargs.get("priority") or self.default_priority
-            start_time = time.time()
+            start_time = time.perf_counter()
             _is_prompt_management_model = self._is_prompt_management_model(model)
 
             if _is_prompt_management_model:
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ class Router:
                 response = await self.schedule_acompletion(**kwargs)
             else:
                 response = await self.async_function_with_fallbacks(**kwargs)
-            end_time = time.time()
+            end_time = time.perf_counter()
             _duration = end_time - start_time
             asyncio.create_task(
                 self.service_logger_obj.async_service_success_hook(
@@ -1245,7 +1245,7 @@ class Router:
             input_kwargs_for_streaming_fallback["model"] = model
 
             parent_otel_span = _get_parent_otel_span_from_kwargs(kwargs)
-            start_time = time.time()
+            start_time = time.perf_counter()
             deployment = await self.async_get_available_deployment(
                 model=model,
                 messages=messages,
@@ -1254,7 +1254,7 @@ class Router:
             )
 
             _timeout_debug_deployment_dict = deployment
-            end_time = time.time()
+            end_time = time.perf_counter()
             _duration = end_time - start_time
             asyncio.create_task(
                 self.service_logger_obj.async_service_success_hook(
@@ -1834,8 +1834,8 @@ class Router:
         await self.scheduler.add_request(request=item)
 
         ## POLL QUEUE
-        end_time = time.time() + self.timeout
-        curr_time = time.time()
+        end_time = time.monotonic() + self.timeout
+        curr_time = time.monotonic()
         poll_interval = self.scheduler.polling_interval  # poll every 3ms
         make_request = False
 
@@ -1852,7 +1852,7 @@ class Router:
                 break
             else:  ## ELSE -> loop till default_timeout
                 await asyncio.sleep(poll_interval)
-                curr_time = time.time()
+                curr_time = time.monotonic()
 
         if make_request:
             try:
@@ -1896,8 +1896,8 @@ class Router:
         await self.scheduler.add_request(request=item)
 
         ## POLL QUEUE
-        end_time = time.time() + self.timeout
-        curr_time = time.time()
+        end_time = time.monotonic() + self.timeout
+        curr_time = time.monotonic()
         poll_interval = self.scheduler.polling_interval  # poll every 3ms
         make_request = False
 
@@ -1914,7 +1914,7 @@ class Router:
                 break
             else:  ## ELSE -> loop till default_timeout
                 await asyncio.sleep(poll_interval)
-                curr_time = time.time()
+                curr_time = time.monotonic()
 
         if make_request:
             try:
@@ -7070,7 +7070,7 @@ class Router:
             if isinstance(healthy_deployments, dict):
                 return healthy_deployments
 
-            start_time = time.time()
+            start_time = time.perf_counter()
             if (
                 self.routing_strategy == "usage-based-routing-v2"
                 and self.lowesttpm_logger_v2 is not None
@@ -7137,7 +7137,7 @@ class Router:
                 f"get_available_deployment for model: {model}, Selected deployment: {self.print_deployment(deployment)} for model: {model}"
             )
 
-            end_time = time.time()
+            end_time = time.perf_counter()
             _duration = end_time - start_time
             asyncio.create_task(
                 self.service_logger_obj.async_service_success_hook(