How to split seaborn legend into multiple columns?

Final solution thanks to @DizietAsahi

import pandas as pd
import seaborn as sns

columns = ['category1', 'category2', 'category3', 'time', 'value']

data = [['content1', 'other1', 'critera1', 0, 0.1], ['content1', 'other1', 'critera1', 1, 0.4], ['content1', 'other1', 'critera1', 2, 0.7], ['content2', 'other1', 'critera1', 0, 0.2], ['content2', 'other1', 'critera1', 1, 0.6], ['content2', 'other1', 'critera1', 2, 0.8], ['content1', 'other2', 'critera1', 0, 0.0], ['content1', 'other2', 'critera1', 1, 0.2], ['content1', 'other2', 'critera1', 2, 0.8], ['content2', 'other2', 'critera1', 0, 0.3], ['content2', 'other2', 'critera1', 1, 0.6], ['content2', 'other2', 'critera1', 2, 0.5], [
    'content1', 'other1', 'critera2', 0, 0.1], ['content1', 'other1', 'critera2', 1, 0.4], ['content1', 'other1', 'critera2', 2, 0.7], ['content2', 'other1', 'critera2', 0, 0.2], ['content2', 'other1', 'critera2', 1, 0.6], ['content2', 'other1', 'critera2', 2, 0.8], ['content1', 'other2', 'critera2', 0, 0.0], ['content1', 'other2', 'critera2', 1, 0.2], ['content1', 'other2', 'critera2', 2, 0.8], ['content2', 'other2', 'critera2', 0, 0.3], ['content2', 'other2', 'critera2', 1, 0.6], ['content2', 'other2', 'critera2', 2, 0.5], ]

df = pd.DataFrame(data, columns=columns)

plot = sns.relplot(x='time', y='value', col='category3', hue='category1', style='category2', kind="line",
                   col_wrap=2, data=df)

handles, labels = plot.axes[0].get_legend_handles_labels()
plot._legend.remove()
plot.fig.legend(handles, labels, ncol=2, loc='upper center', 
                bbox_to_anchor=(0.5, 1.15), frameon=False)

Use ncol

ax = sns.barplot(x="X", y="Y", data=data)    
ax.legend(loc='upper left',ncol=2, title="Title")

Since you seem to want to place the legend above the plots, I would instruct seaborn to not reserve space on the right for the legend using legend_out=False. Then it's just a matter of getting the handles and labels created by seaborn, and generate a new legend using ncol=2. Note that this will only work well if you have the same number of elements in both columns, otherwise things will get messy.

plot = sns.relplot(x='time', y='value', col='category3', hue='category1', style='category2', kind="line", col_wrap=2, data=df, facet_kws=dict(legend_out=False))
h,l = plot.axes[0].get_legend_handles_labels()
plot.axes[0].legend_.remove()
plot.fig.legend(h,l, ncol=2) # you can specify any location parameter you want here