Time series labels are usually not the easiest to read, because plotting software treats dates as instant in time. Is there a way to label time series ticks to show the time period rather than a point in time? Take the following example; [Original_Month] The x tick labels are centred on the sta…

Hi @shoops , I may have found what you need here . The year is not centered, it is displayed below the first label, but that is a good formatting too. You can add ticks also: fig.update_xaxes( dtick="M1", tickformat="%b\n%Y", ticklabelmode="period", ticks="inside", minor=dict(…

Awesome, thanks @Skiks , that ticklabelmode="period" option was exactly what I was looking for. I didn’t know it existed! I see the year part of tickformat is where the year label comes from, and it is only for the first ticklabel. I wonder why this is the case? Also, I wonder why you can’t add an …

Thanks for the reply @adamschroeder . I’ll keep Enumerated ticks in mind.

Hi @shoops , Glad to help as brand-new member of the forum! :tada: [image] shoops: I see the year part of tickformat is where the year label comes from, and it is only for the first ticklabel. I wonder why this is the case? It’s a kind of trick, like described in the previous example : Date…

2025 UPDATE: It still bugged me that the years are not centered in the accepted solution so I’ve searched for alternatives. Plotly’s Multi-categorical Axes won’t order months ascending for corner cases where at least 1 year doesn’t have full 12-month data. Inspired by this annotation approach & ma…

Center date period as tick label between tick marks for time series plots

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adamschroeder May 12, 2023, 1:38pm 2

hi @shoops
How about something like this example?

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Center date period as tick label between tick marks for time series plots

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