plt.figure(figsize=(12,12)) code example

Example 1: increase figure size in matplotlib

plt.figure(figsize=(20,10))

Example 2: figsize matplotlib

# figsize is an optional parameter in matplotlib.pyplot library's .figure() function
# it defaults to = None
# syntax:
# 	figsize=(width, height)
#		- each integer much be a float

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

figure = plt.figure(figsize = (10,5));

Example 3: figsize param in pandas plot

from matplotlib.pyplot import figure
figure(num=None, figsize=(8, 6), dpi=80, facecolor='w', edgecolor='k')