Drawing multiple legends on the same axes in Matplotlib

To draw multiple legends on the same axes in Matplotlib, we can take the following steps −

Set the figure size and adjust the padding between and around the subplots
Plot lines using two lists with different labels, linewidth and linestyle.
Place the first legend at the upper-right location.
Add artist, i.e., first legend on the current axis.
Place the second legend on the current axis at the lower-right location.
To display the figure, use show() method.

Example

from matplotlib import pyplot as plt

plt.rcParams["figure.figsize"] = [7.50, 3.50]
plt.rcParams["figure.autolayout"] = True

line1, = plt.plot([1, 2, 3], label="Line 1", linestyle='--')
line2, = plt.plot([3, 2, 1], label="Line 2", linewidth=4)

first_legend = plt.legend(handles=[line1], loc='upper right')

plt.gca().add_artist(first_legend)
plt.legend(handles=[line2], loc='lower right')

plt.show()

Output

Rishikesh Kumar Rishi

Updated on: 2021-06-03T10:13:58+05:30

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