diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 17d292636f..43ab319ef5 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -49,6 +49,9 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](http://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
 
 ### Changed
 
+- Consistently use `step=trainer.global_step` in `LearningRateMonitor` independently of `logging_interval` ([#4376](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/4376))
+
+
 - Tuner algorithms will be skipped if `fast_dev_run=True` ([#3903](https://github.com/PyTorchLightning/pytorch-lightning/pull/3903))
 
 
diff --git a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/lr_monitor.py b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/lr_monitor.py
index 7502829044..f5cf3dc792 100755
--- a/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/lr_monitor.py
+++ b/pytorch_lightning/callbacks/lr_monitor.py
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ class LearningRateMonitor(Callback):
             latest_stat = self._extract_stats(trainer, interval)
 
             if trainer.logger is not None and latest_stat:
-                trainer.logger.log_metrics(latest_stat, step=trainer.current_epoch)
+                trainer.logger.log_metrics(latest_stat, step=trainer.global_step)
 
     def _extract_stats(self, trainer, interval: str) -> Dict[str, float]:
         latest_stat = {}