from collections import defaultdict def combine_values(*dicts): res = defaultdict(list) for d in dicts: for key in d: res[key].append(d[key]) return dict(res) d1 = {'a': 1, 'b': 'foo', 'c': 400} d2 = {'a': 3, 'b': 200, 'd': 400} combine_values(d1, d2) # {'a': [1, 3], 'b': ['foo', 200], 'c': [400], 'd': [400]}