Matplotlib - Grids

The grid() function of axes object sets visibility of grid inside the figure to on or off. You can also display major / minor (or both) ticks of the grid. Additionally color, linestyle and linewidth properties can be set in the grid() function.

import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
import numpy as np
fig, axes = plt.subplots(1,3, figsize = (12,4))
x = np.arange(1,11)
axes[0].plot(x, x**3, 'g',lw=2)
axes[0].grid(True)
axes[0].set_title('default grid')
axes[1].plot(x, np.exp(x), 'r')
axes[1].grid(color='b', ls = '-.', lw = 0.25)
axes[1].set_title('custom grid')
axes[2].plot(x,x)
axes[2].set_title('no grid')
fig.tight_layout()
plt.show()