Plot multiple boxplot in one graph in pandas or matplotlib?

I have a two boxplotes

a1=a[['kCH4_sync','week_days']]
a1.boxplot(by = 'week_days', meanline=True, showmeans=True, showcaps=True, showbox=True,            
                 showfliers=False)
a2=a[['CH4_sync','week_days']]
a2.boxplot(by = 'week_days', meanline=True, showmeans=True, showcaps=True, showbox=True,     
                 showfliers=False)

But I want to place them in one graph to compare them. Have you any advice to solve this problem? Thanks!

Answer

Use return_type='axes' to get a1.boxplot to return a matplotlib Axes object. Then pass that axes to the second call to boxplot using ax=ax. This will cause both boxplots to be drawn on the same axes.

a1=a[['kCH4_sync','week_days']]
ax = a1.boxplot(by='week_days', meanline=True, showmeans=True, showcaps=True, 
                showbox=True, showfliers=False, return_type='axes')
a2 = a[['CH4_sync','week_days']]
a2.boxplot(by='week_days', meanline=True, showmeans=True, showcaps=True, 
           showbox=True, showfliers=False, ax=ax)