x = np.linspace(0, 1, 15) y = x * (1-x) yerr = y/6 fig, ax = plt.subplots(2, constrained_layout=True) ax[0].errorbar(x, y, yerr, capsize=2) ax[0].set_title('errorevery unspecified') ax[1].errorbar(x, y, yerr, capsize=2, errorevery=[False, True, True, False, True] * 3) ax[1].set_title('errorevery=[False, True, True, False, True] * 3')