这里有一个工作示例:

import random
import numpy
from matplotlib import pyplot

x = [random.gauss(3,1) for _ in range(400)]
y = [random.gauss(4,2) for _ in range(400)]

bins = numpy.linspace(-10, 10, 100)

pyplot.hist(x, bins, alpha=0.5, label='x')
pyplot.hist(y, bins, alpha=0.5, label='y')
pyplot.legend(loc='upper right')
pyplot.show()

你应该使用hist返回值中的bin:

import numpy as np
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt

foo = np.random.normal(loc=1, size=100) # a normal distribution
bar = np.random.normal(loc=-1, size=10000) # a normal distribution

_, bins, _ = plt.hist(foo, bins=50, range=[-6, 6], normed=True)
_ = plt.hist(bar, bins=bins, alpha=0.5, normed=True)

下面是一个简单的方法来绘制两个直方图，当数据大小不同时，它们的柱状图并排在同一个图上:

def plotHistogram(p, o):
    """
    p and o are iterables with the values you want to 
    plot the histogram of
    """
    plt.hist([p, o], color=['g','r'], alpha=0.8, bins=50)
    plt.show()

还有一个选项和华金的答案很相似:

import random
from matplotlib import pyplot

#random data
x = [random.gauss(3,1) for _ in range(400)]
y = [random.gauss(4,2) for _ in range(400)]

#plot both histograms(range from -10 to 10), bins set to 100
pyplot.hist([x,y], bins= 100, range=[-10,10], alpha=0.5, label=['x', 'y'])
#plot legend
pyplot.legend(loc='upper right')
#show it
pyplot.show()

给出如下输出:

以防你有pandas (import pandas as pd)或者可以使用它:

test = pd.DataFrame([[random.gauss(3,1) for _ in range(400)], 
                     [random.gauss(4,2) for _ in range(400)]])
plt.hist(test.values.T)
plt.show()

听起来你可能只需要一个柱状图:

http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/bar_stacked.html http://matplotlib.sourceforge.net/examples/pylab_examples/barchart_demo.html

或者，您可以使用子情节。