How do you change the size of figures drawn with matplotlib?

Question

How do you change the size of figure drawn with matplotlib?

Answer 1

Generalizing and simplifying psihodelia's answer. If you want to change the current size of the figure by a factor sizefactor

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

# here goes your code

fig_size = plt.gcf().get_size_inches() #Get current size
sizefactor = 0.8 #Set a zoom factor
# Modify the current size by the factor
plt.gcf().set_size_inches(sizefactor * fig_size) 

After changing the current size, it might occur that you have to fine tune the subplot layout. You can do that in the figure window GUI, or by means of the command subplots_adjust

For example,

plt.subplots_adjust(left=0.16, bottom=0.19, top=0.82)