import numpy as np
import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
np.random.seed(0)
n, p =40,8
d = np.random.normal(0,2,(n, p))
d += np.log(np.arange(1, p +1))*-5+10# plot
sns.set_style('ticks')
fig, ax = plt.subplots()# the size of A4 paper
fig.set_size_inches(11.7,8.27)
sns.violinplot(data=d, inner="points", ax=ax)
sns.despine()
fig.savefig('example.png')
You can set the context to be poster or manually set fig_size.
import numpy as np
import seaborn as sns
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
np.random.seed(0)
n, p = 40, 8
d = np.random.normal(0, 2, (n, p))
d += np.log(np.arange(1, p + 1)) * -5 + 10
# plot
sns.set_style('ticks')
fig, ax = plt.subplots()
# the size of A4 paper
fig.set_size_inches(11.7, 8.27)
sns.violinplot(data=d, inner="points", ax=ax)
sns.despine()
fig.savefig('example.png')
Note that if you are trying to pass to a “figure level” method in seaborn (for example lmplot, catplot / factorplot, jointplot) you can and should specify this within the arguments using height and aspect.
In addition to elz answer regarding “figure level” methods that return multi-plot grid objects it is possible to set the figure height and width explicitly (that is without using aspect ratio) using the following approach:
import seaborn as sns
g = sns.catplot(data=df, x='xvar', y='yvar', hue='hue_bar')
g.fig.set_figwidth(8.27)
g.fig.set_figheight(11.7)
The top answers by Paul H and J. Li do not work for all types of seaborn figures. For the FacetGrid type (for instance sns.lmplot()), use the size and aspect parameter.
Size changes both the height and width, maintaining the aspect ratio.
Aspect only changes the width, keeping the height constant.
You can always get your desired size by playing with these two parameters.