import matplotlib.pyplot as plt plt.subplot(223) plt.plot([1,2,3], label="400") plt.plot([1,2,3], label="1000") plt.plot([1,2,3], label="1200") plt.plot([1,2,3], label="1400") # Place a legend to the right of this smaller figure. plt.legend(bbox_to_anchor=(1.05, 1), loc=2, borderaxespad=0.) plt.show()