Set size of subplot in matplotlib

Question

I wonder how to set the size of the subplot when figure contains multiple subplots (5 × 2 in my case). No matter how big I allow the whole figure to be, the subplots always

Answer 1

Just switch figure size width and height from:

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(20, 8))

to:

fig = plt.figure(figsize=(8, 20))

to use the whole page for your plots.

This will change your plot from:

to: