Matplotlib: change position of plot

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I did the following plot with the figure size (which should not be changed):

plt.figure(figsize=(14, 5))

Unfortunately, the x-label is not fully visible. My question: Is it possible, to move the whole grafic to the top (because there would be enough space)?

The code:

plt.figure(figsize=(14, 5))
plt.plot(time_load,load, linewidth=1.5)
plt.grid(True)
plt.tick_params(labelsize=16)
plt.xlabel('Time [hours]',fontsize=16)
plt.xlim([0,24])
plt.xticks([0,4,8,12,16,20,24])
plt.legend(loc="upper left",fontsize = 'large')

Thank you very much for your help!

How do you imagine us helping you without seeing the code that produced this figure? — Leon
– Leon, Commented Oct 23, 2016 at 7:20

Daniel Goldfarb · Accepted Answer · 2018-10-11 16:49:27Z

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You can also try

plt.subplots_adjust(bottom=0.19)

If 0.19 adds too much or too little space to see the x-label better, then try adjusting little by little up or down.

answered Oct 11, 2018 at 16:49

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Matias · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-23 08:25:08Z

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A very simple approach is to use

plt.tight_layout()

See: http://matplotlib.org/users/tight_layout_guide.html

Thank you very much for your help!

answered Oct 23, 2016 at 8:25

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Saad · Accepted Answer · 2016-10-23 07:37:36Z

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You can use the axes() command that allows you to specify the location as axes. You can also use the xlim() command and ylim() command. In your case, you can use the latter. So just as an example, the xlim method can be used like this:

plt.xlim(X.min()*1.1, X.max()*1.1)
plt.ylim(C.min()*1.1, C.max()*1.1)

This will make some space for the data points to be seen clearly. Hope that helps. Just seen the code so you're using xlim method. You want to create the subplot somewhere else, for that you can use the axis() method.

plt.axes([0.3, 0.3, .5, .5])

You can adjust plot accordingly. This one will create a subplot in the upper right corner of the figure.

edited Oct 23, 2016 at 7:37

answered Oct 23, 2016 at 7:29

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3 Comments

Leon Over a year ago

Please add the meaning of the 4 values in the axes() rect definition

Matias Over a year ago

Thank you very much! I just found the comand "plt.tight_layout()" --> what do you think about that?

Leon Over a year ago

@Matias It seems to be exactly what you need. Why don't you self-answer your question?

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