diff --git a/climanet/utils.py b/climanet/utils.py
index 95ea29e..1f4848f 100644
--- a/climanet/utils.py
+++ b/climanet/utils.py
@@ -336,11 +336,14 @@ def plot_results(
     plt.show()
 
 
-def plot_histograms(target, predictions, label="SST K", title=("Target", "Prediction")):
+def plot_histograms(
+    target, predictions, label="SST K", legend_labels=("Target", "Prediction"), bins=30
+):
+    """Plot histograms of target and predictions in the same figure for comparison."""
     fig, axs = plt.subplots(
         nrows=len(target.time),
-        ncols=2,
-        figsize=(12, 4 * len(target.time)),
+        ncols=1,
+        figsize=(8, 4 * len(target.time)),
         constrained_layout=True,
     )
 
@@ -352,28 +355,21 @@ def plot_histograms(target, predictions, label="SST K", title=("Target", "Predic
         target_t = target.isel(time=t)
         pred_t = predictions.isel(time=t)
 
-        title_1, title_2 = title
-
         # Target histogram
-        axs[t, 0].hist(
-            target_t.values.flatten(), bins=30, alpha=0.7, color="blue", density=True
+        axs[t].hist(
+            target_t.values.flatten(), bins=bins, alpha=0.7, color="blue", density=True
         )
-        axs[t, 0].set_title(
-            f"{title_1} Histogram, month={target.time.dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d').values[t]}"
-        )
-        axs[t, 0].set_xlabel(label)
-        axs[t, 0].set_ylabel("Frequency")
-        axs[t, 0].grid(True, alpha=0.3)
+        axs[t].set_xlabel(label)
+        axs[t].set_ylabel("Frequency")
+        axs[t].grid(True, alpha=0.3)
 
-        # Prediction histogram
-        axs[t, 1].hist(
-            pred_t.values.flatten(), bins=30, alpha=0.7, color="orange", density=True
+        # Prediction histogram (overlaid)
+        axs[t].hist(
+            pred_t.values.flatten(), bins=bins, alpha=0.7, color="orange", density=True
         )
-        axs[t, 1].set_title(
-            f"{title_2} Histogram, month={target.time.dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d').values[t]}"
+        axs[t].legend(legend_labels)
+        axs[t].set_title(
+            f"Histogram {legend_labels[0]} vs {legend_labels[1]}, month={t + 1}"
         )
-        axs[t, 1].set_xlabel(label)
-        axs[t, 1].set_ylabel("Frequency")
-        axs[t, 1].grid(True, alpha=0.3)
 
     plt.show()