diff --git a/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/sleep-rhythm-section.test.tsx b/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/sleep-rhythm-section.test.tsx
index 696d6b981..639992829 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/sleep-rhythm-section.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/sleep/__tests__/sleep-rhythm-section.test.tsx
@@ -102,6 +102,41 @@ describe("<SleepRhythmSection>", () => {
     expect(html).toContain("md:py-6");
   });
 
+  it("places the two cards side by side when both carry settled data", () => {
+    rhythmMock.mockReturnValue({
+      data: READY_DTO,
+      isLoading: false,
+      isError: false,
+    });
+    const html = render(<SleepRhythmSection enabled />);
+    // Two-up on large screens, single column below.
+    expect(html).toContain("lg:grid-cols-2");
+  });
+
+  it("keeps a lone data-bearing card full width when the other is still learning", () => {
+    rhythmMock.mockReturnValue({
+      data: {
+        ...READY_DTO,
+        // Sleep-debt settled, chronotype still learning → no two-up grid.
+        chronotype: {
+          state: "learning",
+          msfMinutes: null,
+          msfScMinutes: null,
+          band: null,
+          socialJetlagMinutes: null,
+          freeNightsCounted: 2,
+          workNightsCounted: 5,
+          freeNightsUntilReady: 4,
+        },
+      } satisfies SleepRhythmDto,
+      isLoading: false,
+      isError: false,
+    });
+    const html = render(<SleepRhythmSection enabled />);
+    expect(html).toContain("grid-cols-1");
+    expect(html).not.toContain("lg:grid-cols-2");
+  });
+
   it("renders nothing when disabled", () => {
     rhythmMock.mockReturnValue({
       data: undefined,
diff --git a/src/components/insights/sleep/sleep-rhythm-section.tsx b/src/components/insights/sleep/sleep-rhythm-section.tsx
index 68c578377..a88466965 100644
--- a/src/components/insights/sleep/sleep-rhythm-section.tsx
+++ b/src/components/insights/sleep/sleep-rhythm-section.tsx
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 
 import { useAuth } from "@/hooks/use-auth";
 import { Skeleton } from "@/components/ui/skeleton";
+import { cn } from "@/lib/utils";
 import { useTranslations } from "@/lib/i18n/context";
 import { useSleepRhythm } from "./use-sleep-rhythm";
 import { SleepDebtCard } from "./sleep-debt-card";
@@ -52,8 +53,22 @@ export function SleepRhythmSection({ enabled }: { enabled: boolean }) {
     );
   }
 
+  // Both cards are compact; when each carries a settled (non-learning) readout
+  // they sit two-up. A lone card with data spans full width so it never leaves
+  // a half-width orphan with dead space beside it (mirrors the mood Einordnung
+  // tiles). The cards' own learning/partial states stay stacked full-width.
+  const debtHasData = data.sleepDebt.state === "ready";
+  const chronotypeHasData =
+    data.chronotype.state === "ready" && data.chronotype.band != null;
+  const bothHaveData = debtHasData && chronotypeHasData;
+
   return (
-    <div className="space-y-4">
+    <div
+      className={cn(
+        "grid gap-4",
+        bothHaveData ? "lg:grid-cols-2 lg:items-start" : "grid-cols-1",
+      )}
+    >
       <SleepDebtCard debt={data.sleepDebt} />
       <ChronotypeCard chronotype={data.chronotype} />
     </div>