Subplots spacings and margins

Adjusting the spacing of margins and subplots using pyplot.subplots_adjust.

Note

There is also a tool window to adjust the margins and spacings of displayed figures interactively. It can be opened via the toolbar or by calling pyplot.subplot_tool.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np

# Fixing random state for reproducibility
np.random.seed(19680801)

plt.subplot(211)
plt.imshow(np.random.random((100, 100)))
plt.subplot(212)
plt.imshow(np.random.random((100, 100)))

plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.1, right=0.8, top=0.9)
cax = plt.axes([0.85, 0.1, 0.075, 0.8])
plt.colorbar(cax=cax)

plt.show()