How to change a figure's size in Python Seaborn package

I'm having trouble increasing the size of my plot figures using Seaborn. I'm using sns.pairplot to plot columns of a data frame against one another.

    %matplotlib inline

    plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']=10,10

    columns=list(df.columns.values)

    g=sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

The plots populate with data just fine, but the figure size is too small. I thought plot.rCParams['figure.figsize'] would control how large the figure is, but it doesn't seem to take effect. I've tried a few different suggestions from online boards, but nothing seems to work.

asked Oct 30 '15 at 22:54

Vikram Josyula

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2

Did you try the size parameter in pairplot?

– mwaskom
Oct 31 '15 at 0:36

Tried setting size=5 in pairplot to make the images bigger but didn't seem to take effect. I think the problem is that seaborn is trying to place all 10 plots into a single row adjascent to one another, and that makes it too large for the screen unless the plots are shrunk down. I was able to get this to work by plotting the data frame columns separately, but I figured seaborn would have a way to subplot the data frame columns onto different rows automatically without shrinking them down.

– Vikram Josyula
Nov 1 '15 at 18:28

are you viewing these in a notebook? save them as images and i promise they'll be bigger with size=5

– Paul H
Nov 2 '15 at 5:56

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I'm having trouble increasing the size of my plot figures using Seaborn. I'm using sns.pairplot to plot columns of a data frame against one another.

    %matplotlib inline

    plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']=10,10

    columns=list(df.columns.values)

    g=sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

asked Oct 30 '15 at 22:54

Vikram Josyula

2412514

2

Did you try the size parameter in pairplot?

– mwaskom
Oct 31 '15 at 0:36

Tried setting size=5 in pairplot to make the images bigger but didn't seem to take effect. I think the problem is that seaborn is trying to place all 10 plots into a single row adjascent to one another, and that makes it too large for the screen unless the plots are shrunk down. I was able to get this to work by plotting the data frame columns separately, but I figured seaborn would have a way to subplot the data frame columns onto different rows automatically without shrinking them down.

– Vikram Josyula
Nov 1 '15 at 18:28

are you viewing these in a notebook? save them as images and i promise they'll be bigger with size=5

– Paul H
Nov 2 '15 at 5:56

add a comment |

I'm having trouble increasing the size of my plot figures using Seaborn. I'm using sns.pairplot to plot columns of a data frame against one another.

    %matplotlib inline

    plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']=10,10

    columns=list(df.columns.values)

    g=sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

asked Oct 30 '15 at 22:54

Vikram Josyula

2412514

I'm having trouble increasing the size of my plot figures using Seaborn. I'm using sns.pairplot to plot columns of a data frame against one another.

    %matplotlib inline

    plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']=10,10

    columns=list(df.columns.values)

    g=sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

python plot seaborn

asked Oct 30 '15 at 22:54

Vikram Josyula

2412514

asked Oct 30 '15 at 22:54

Vikram Josyula

2412514

asked Oct 30 '15 at 22:54

Vikram Josyula

2412514

asked Oct 30 '15 at 22:54

Vikram Josyula

2412514

asked Oct 30 '15 at 22:54

Vikram Josyula

2412514

2

Did you try the size parameter in pairplot?

– mwaskom
Oct 31 '15 at 0:36

Tried setting size=5 in pairplot to make the images bigger but didn't seem to take effect. I think the problem is that seaborn is trying to place all 10 plots into a single row adjascent to one another, and that makes it too large for the screen unless the plots are shrunk down. I was able to get this to work by plotting the data frame columns separately, but I figured seaborn would have a way to subplot the data frame columns onto different rows automatically without shrinking them down.

– Vikram Josyula
Nov 1 '15 at 18:28

are you viewing these in a notebook? save them as images and i promise they'll be bigger with size=5

– Paul H
Nov 2 '15 at 5:56

add a comment |

2

Did you try the size parameter in pairplot?

– mwaskom
Oct 31 '15 at 0:36

Tried setting size=5 in pairplot to make the images bigger but didn't seem to take effect. I think the problem is that seaborn is trying to place all 10 plots into a single row adjascent to one another, and that makes it too large for the screen unless the plots are shrunk down. I was able to get this to work by plotting the data frame columns separately, but I figured seaborn would have a way to subplot the data frame columns onto different rows automatically without shrinking them down.

– Vikram Josyula
Nov 1 '15 at 18:28

are you viewing these in a notebook? save them as images and i promise they'll be bigger with size=5

– Paul H
Nov 2 '15 at 5:56

Did you try the size parameter in pairplot?

– mwaskom
Oct 31 '15 at 0:36

Tried setting size=5 in pairplot to make the images bigger but didn't seem to take effect. I think the problem is that seaborn is trying to place all 10 plots into a single row adjascent to one another, and that makes it too large for the screen unless the plots are shrunk down. I was able to get this to work by plotting the data frame columns separately, but I figured seaborn would have a way to subplot the data frame columns onto different rows automatically without shrinking them down.

– Vikram Josyula
Nov 1 '15 at 18:28

are you viewing these in a notebook? save them as images and i promise they'll be bigger with size=5

– Paul H
Nov 2 '15 at 5:56

add a comment |

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Try to put the size in parenthesis, this does the trick for me:

plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']=(10,10)

edited Nov 15 '16 at 5:17

maxymoo

20.1k34269

answered Mar 16 '16 at 10:13

S.Zuo

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This does not necessarily work. Use the other answer instead.

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:09

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sns.pairplot
"Returns the underlying PairGrid instance for further tweaking"
...for instance changing the figure size:

g=sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_size_inches(15,15)

answered Sep 21 '17 at 14:35

Martin Alexandersson

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In addition to the well working answer by @MartinAnderson, seaborn itself provides the option to set the height of the subplots of the grid. In combination with the aspect this determines the overall size of the figure in dependence of the number of subplots in the grid.

In seaborn <= 0.8.1:

g = sns.pairplot(..., size=10, aspect=0.6)

In seaborn >= 0.9.0:

g = sns.pairplot(..., height=10, aspect=0.6)

Note that this applies to all seaborn functions which generate a figure level grid, like
pairplot, relplot, catplot, lmplot and the underlying PairGrid or FacetGrid.

For other seaborn plots, which directly plot to axes, the solutions from How do you change the size of figures drawn with matplotlib? will work fine.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:41

ImportanceOfBeingErnest

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If we would like to change only the height or width then we can do

g = sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_figheight(6)

g.fig.set_figwidth(10)

edited Nov 24 '18 at 16:19

answered Jul 24 '18 at 17:42

Jeevan

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Reffering to Rahul's question about sns.catplot ( Unable to change the plot size with matplotlib and seaborn )

If you try in jupyter notebook:

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

it is working, but

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

is not working (plot is very small). It's important to add line plt.figure(figsize=(25,20)) before sns.boxplot()and include %matplotlib inline of course in order to display plot in jupyter.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:08

Dejan Marić

438212

This answer works for boxplot, but not for any of the plots that create the figure itself like pairplot (this question) or catplot (the question you link to).

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:28

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Try to put the size in parenthesis, this does the trick for me:

plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']=(10,10)

edited Nov 15 '16 at 5:17

maxymoo

20.1k34269

answered Mar 16 '16 at 10:13

S.Zuo

39934

This does not necessarily work. Use the other answer instead.

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:09

add a comment |

Try to put the size in parenthesis, this does the trick for me:

plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']=(10,10)

edited Nov 15 '16 at 5:17

maxymoo

20.1k34269

answered Mar 16 '16 at 10:13

S.Zuo

39934

This does not necessarily work. Use the other answer instead.

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:09

add a comment |

Try to put the size in parenthesis, this does the trick for me:

plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']=(10,10)

edited Nov 15 '16 at 5:17

maxymoo

20.1k34269

answered Mar 16 '16 at 10:13

S.Zuo

39934

Try to put the size in parenthesis, this does the trick for me:

plt.rcParams['figure.figsize']=(10,10)

edited Nov 15 '16 at 5:17

maxymoo

20.1k34269

answered Mar 16 '16 at 10:13

S.Zuo

39934

edited Nov 15 '16 at 5:17

maxymoo

20.1k34269

edited Nov 15 '16 at 5:17

maxymoo

20.1k34269

edited Nov 15 '16 at 5:17

maxymoo

20.1k34269

answered Mar 16 '16 at 10:13

S.Zuo

39934

answered Mar 16 '16 at 10:13

S.Zuo

39934

answered Mar 16 '16 at 10:13

S.Zuo

39934

This does not necessarily work. Use the other answer instead.

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:09

add a comment |

This does not necessarily work. Use the other answer instead.

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:09

This does not necessarily work. Use the other answer instead.

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:09

add a comment |

sns.pairplot
"Returns the underlying PairGrid instance for further tweaking"
...for instance changing the figure size:

g=sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_size_inches(15,15)

answered Sep 21 '17 at 14:35

Martin Alexandersson

24125

add a comment |

sns.pairplot
"Returns the underlying PairGrid instance for further tweaking"
...for instance changing the figure size:

g=sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_size_inches(15,15)

answered Sep 21 '17 at 14:35

Martin Alexandersson

24125

add a comment |

sns.pairplot
"Returns the underlying PairGrid instance for further tweaking"
...for instance changing the figure size:

g=sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_size_inches(15,15)

answered Sep 21 '17 at 14:35

Martin Alexandersson

24125

sns.pairplot
"Returns the underlying PairGrid instance for further tweaking"
...for instance changing the figure size:

g=sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_size_inches(15,15)

answered Sep 21 '17 at 14:35

Martin Alexandersson

24125

answered Sep 21 '17 at 14:35

Martin Alexandersson

24125

answered Sep 21 '17 at 14:35

Martin Alexandersson

24125

answered Sep 21 '17 at 14:35

Martin Alexandersson

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In seaborn <= 0.8.1:

g = sns.pairplot(..., size=10, aspect=0.6)

In seaborn >= 0.9.0:

g = sns.pairplot(..., height=10, aspect=0.6)

Note that this applies to all seaborn functions which generate a figure level grid, like
pairplot, relplot, catplot, lmplot and the underlying PairGrid or FacetGrid.

For other seaborn plots, which directly plot to axes, the solutions from How do you change the size of figures drawn with matplotlib? will work fine.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:41

ImportanceOfBeingErnest

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add a comment |

In seaborn <= 0.8.1:

g = sns.pairplot(..., size=10, aspect=0.6)

In seaborn >= 0.9.0:

g = sns.pairplot(..., height=10, aspect=0.6)

Note that this applies to all seaborn functions which generate a figure level grid, like
pairplot, relplot, catplot, lmplot and the underlying PairGrid or FacetGrid.

For other seaborn plots, which directly plot to axes, the solutions from How do you change the size of figures drawn with matplotlib? will work fine.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:41

ImportanceOfBeingErnest

133k13148224

add a comment |

In seaborn <= 0.8.1:

g = sns.pairplot(..., size=10, aspect=0.6)

In seaborn >= 0.9.0:

g = sns.pairplot(..., height=10, aspect=0.6)

Note that this applies to all seaborn functions which generate a figure level grid, like
pairplot, relplot, catplot, lmplot and the underlying PairGrid or FacetGrid.

For other seaborn plots, which directly plot to axes, the solutions from How do you change the size of figures drawn with matplotlib? will work fine.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:41

ImportanceOfBeingErnest

133k13148224

In seaborn <= 0.8.1:

g = sns.pairplot(..., size=10, aspect=0.6)

In seaborn >= 0.9.0:

g = sns.pairplot(..., height=10, aspect=0.6)

Note that this applies to all seaborn functions which generate a figure level grid, like
pairplot, relplot, catplot, lmplot and the underlying PairGrid or FacetGrid.

For other seaborn plots, which directly plot to axes, the solutions from How do you change the size of figures drawn with matplotlib? will work fine.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:41

ImportanceOfBeingErnest

133k13148224

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:41

ImportanceOfBeingErnest

133k13148224

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:41

ImportanceOfBeingErnest

133k13148224

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:41

ImportanceOfBeingErnest

133k13148224

add a comment |

If we would like to change only the height or width then we can do

g = sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_figheight(6)

g.fig.set_figwidth(10)

edited Nov 24 '18 at 16:19

answered Jul 24 '18 at 17:42

Jeevan

5,24384057

add a comment |

If we would like to change only the height or width then we can do

g = sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_figheight(6)

g.fig.set_figwidth(10)

edited Nov 24 '18 at 16:19

answered Jul 24 '18 at 17:42

Jeevan

5,24384057

add a comment |

If we would like to change only the height or width then we can do

g = sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_figheight(6)

g.fig.set_figwidth(10)

edited Nov 24 '18 at 16:19

answered Jul 24 '18 at 17:42

Jeevan

5,24384057

If we would like to change only the height or width then we can do

g = sns.pairplot(df, kind='reg', x_vars=columns,y_vars = ['Column 1'])

g.fig.set_figheight(6)

g.fig.set_figwidth(10)

edited Nov 24 '18 at 16:19

answered Jul 24 '18 at 17:42

Jeevan

5,24384057

edited Nov 24 '18 at 16:19

answered Jul 24 '18 at 17:42

Jeevan

5,24384057

answered Jul 24 '18 at 17:42

Jeevan

5,24384057

answered Jul 24 '18 at 17:42

Jeevan

5,24384057

add a comment |

Reffering to Rahul's question about sns.catplot ( Unable to change the plot size with matplotlib and seaborn )

If you try in jupyter notebook:

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

it is working, but

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

is not working (plot is very small). It's important to add line plt.figure(figsize=(25,20)) before sns.boxplot()and include %matplotlib inline of course in order to display plot in jupyter.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:08

Dejan Marić

438212

This answer works for boxplot, but not for any of the plots that create the figure itself like pairplot (this question) or catplot (the question you link to).

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:28

add a comment |

Reffering to Rahul's question about sns.catplot ( Unable to change the plot size with matplotlib and seaborn )

If you try in jupyter notebook:

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

it is working, but

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

is not working (plot is very small). It's important to add line plt.figure(figsize=(25,20)) before sns.boxplot()and include %matplotlib inline of course in order to display plot in jupyter.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:08

Dejan Marić

438212

This answer works for boxplot, but not for any of the plots that create the figure itself like pairplot (this question) or catplot (the question you link to).

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:28

add a comment |

Reffering to Rahul's question about sns.catplot ( Unable to change the plot size with matplotlib and seaborn )

If you try in jupyter notebook:

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

it is working, but

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

is not working (plot is very small). It's important to add line plt.figure(figsize=(25,20)) before sns.boxplot()and include %matplotlib inline of course in order to display plot in jupyter.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:08

Dejan Marić

438212

Reffering to Rahul's question about sns.catplot ( Unable to change the plot size with matplotlib and seaborn )

If you try in jupyter notebook:

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

it is working, but

sns.boxplot(x='CriticRating', y='AudienceRating', data=movies)

plt.figure(figsize=(25,20))

is not working (plot is very small). It's important to add line plt.figure(figsize=(25,20)) before sns.boxplot()and include %matplotlib inline of course in order to display plot in jupyter.

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:08

Dejan Marić

438212

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:08

Dejan Marić

438212

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:08

Dejan Marić

438212

answered Jul 20 '18 at 13:08

Dejan Marić

438212

This answer works for boxplot, but not for any of the plots that create the figure itself like pairplot (this question) or catplot (the question you link to).

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:28

add a comment |

This answer works for boxplot, but not for any of the plots that create the figure itself like pairplot (this question) or catplot (the question you link to).

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:28

This answer works for boxplot, but not for any of the plots that create the figure itself like pairplot (this question) or catplot (the question you link to).

– ImportanceOfBeingErnest
Jul 20 '18 at 13:28

add a comment |

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