Modified on: 2022-08-08, 2022-09-27
Move the legend to top right corner outside of the chart, no border
ax.legend(handles, labels,
bbox_to_anchor=[1.05,1], loc='upper left',
edgecolor='w', facecolor='none',
borderpad=0, borderaxespad=0)Place the legend between two topmost horizontal gridlines
h = ax.plot(...)
top_tick = np.mean([ax.get_yticks()[-2], ax.get_yticks()[-3]])
left_tick = ax.get_xlim()[0]
l = ax.legend(handles=[h],
bbox_to_anchor=[left_tick,top_tick], bbox_transform=ax.transData, loc='center left',
borderpad=0.0, borderaxespad=0.5,
)