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---
title: plot_bloch_vector
description: API reference for qiskit.visualization.plot_bloch_vector
in_page_toc_min_heading_level: 1
python_api_type: function
python_api_name: qiskit.visualization.plot_bloch_vector
---
<span id="qiskit-visualization-plot-bloch-vector" />
# qiskit.visualization.plot\_bloch\_vector
<Function id="qiskit.visualization.plot_bloch_vector" isDedicatedPage={true} github="https://github.com/qiskit/qiskit/tree/stable/0.24/qiskit/visualization/state_visualization.py" signature="plot_bloch_vector(bloch, title='', ax=None, figsize=None, coord_type='cartesian', font_size=None)">
Plot the Bloch sphere.
Plot a Bloch sphere with the specified coordinates, that can be given in both cartesian and spherical systems.
**Parameters**
* **bloch** (*list\[double]*) array of three elements where \[\<x>, \<y>, \<z>] (Cartesian) or \[\<r>, \<theta>, \<phi>] (spherical in radians) \<theta> is inclination angle from +z direction \<phi> is azimuth from +x direction
* **title** (*str*) a string that represents the plot title
* **ax** ([*matplotlib.axes.Axes*](https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/_as_gen/matplotlib.axes.Axes.html#matplotlib.axes.Axes "(in Matplotlib v3.7.2)")) An Axes to use for rendering the bloch sphere
* **figsize** (*tuple*) Figure size in inches. Has no effect is passing `ax`.
* **coord\_type** (*str*) a string that specifies coordinate type for bloch (Cartesian or spherical), default is Cartesian
* **font\_size** (*float*) Font size.
**Returns**
A matplotlib figure instance if `ax = None`.
**Return type**
[`matplotlib.figure.Figure`](https://matplotlib.org/stable/api/figure_api.html#matplotlib.figure.Figure "(in Matplotlib v3.7.2)")
**Raises**
**MissingOptionalLibraryError** Requires matplotlib.
**Examples**
```python
from qiskit.visualization import plot_bloch_vector
plot_bloch_vector([0,1,0], title="New Bloch Sphere")
```
![../\_images/qiskit-visualization-plot\_bloch\_vector-1.png](/images/api/qiskit/0.43/qiskit-visualization-plot_bloch_vector-1.png)
```python
import numpy as np
from qiskit.visualization import plot_bloch_vector
# You can use spherical coordinates instead of cartesian.
plot_bloch_vector([1, np.pi/2, np.pi/3], coord_type='spherical')
```
![../\_images/qiskit-visualization-plot\_bloch\_vector-2.png](/images/api/qiskit/0.43/qiskit-visualization-plot_bloch_vector-2.png)
</Function>