top = min(gs1.top, gs2.top) bottom = max(gs1.bottom, gs2.bottom) gs1.tight_layout(fig, rect=[None, 0 + (bottom-gs1.bottom), 0.5, 1 - (gs1.top-top)]) gs2.tight_layout(fig, rect=[0.5, 0 + (bottom-gs2.bottom), None, 1 - (gs2.top-top)], h_pad=0.5)